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Above is a twin-propeller aerial vehicle with a laser converter mounted in the middle. The photovoltaic cells convert laser power to electrical power at high efficiency to power the two propellers. The laser converter is cooled by the downdraft created by the propellers.

Using High-Power Lasers to Recharge Remotely

Posted on August 27, 2015 by glenn.selby

New technology allows for recharging using lasers. Remote platforms may include flying, land-based, or submerged vehicles, satellites, and sensors.
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Posted in Articles, DoDLive Science, Featured, Lasers, Robots, Rotator, Technology | Tagged Dr. A. Ting, Dr. P. Sprangle, Dr. R.P. Fischer, naval research laboratory, Nikola Tesla, photovoltaic converter technologies, UAV, USS Ponce | Comments Off

(U.S. Defense Department graphic illustration by Jessica L. Tozer/Released)

The Navy Laser Is On Board!

Posted on December 19, 2014 by jtozer

The laser weapon system (LaWS) was, for the first time, successfully deployed and operated aboard a naval vessel in the Persian Gulf!
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Posted in Articles, Engineering, Lasers | Tagged (LaWS, armed with science, Chief of Naval Research, everybody loves lasers, existing ship defense systems, government lasers, ideo-game like controller, Laser Weapon System, lasers, Naval Future Force Science and Technology EXPO, naval research laboratory, naval sea systems command, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Office of Naval Research, onr, Rear Adm. Matthew L. Klunder, U.S. Navy, USS Ponce | Comments Off

Ground-based Lasers = Bad News for Bad Guys

Posted on June 24, 2014 by jtozer

Prepare for the era of laser weapons – In the wake of the laser being put on the USS Ponce this summer, ONR is developing a similar weapon to be used on ground vehicles.
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Lasers, Rail Guns, and the Future of the Navy

Lasers, Rail Guns and the Future of the U.S. Navy

Posted on March 6, 2014 by jtozer

It’s a new era: the Navy is about to take a big step for military-kind. This summer they will add the first ship-mounted laser to their fleet, and that’s just the beginning.
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Posted in Articles, Featured, Lasers, Technology, Videos | Tagged (LaWS, armed with science, AWS, Chief Technology Office Group, Department of Defense, directed energy weapons, DOD Science, DoD science blog, high-powered microwave, high-powered radio frequency, Jessica L. Tozer, Laser Weapon System, laser-based naval warfare, lasergence, lasers, naval sea systems command, NAVSEA, Navy Capt. Mike Ziv, Navy’s DEP, Navy’s Directed Energy Program, official DoD science blog, phaser-like laser weapon, phasers, science, science blog of the DoD, science-fiction, Star Trek, Star Wars, storm troopers, U.S. Navy, UAV, USS Ponce | Comments Off

Lasers Bring New Urgency to Electric Power Research

Posted on May 9, 2013 by jtozer

In the wake of the recent announcement that laser weapons will be put on U.S. Navy ships, the need for reliable, high-voltage shipboard power has become a matter of national security, officials said at the Electric Ship Technologies Symposium outside …
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Posted in Lasers, Technology | Tagged alternative power supplies, Chief of Naval Operations Jonathan Greenert, compact connectors, compact power, cooling systems, electric power engineers, Electric Ship Research and Development Consortium, electric systems, ESRDC, Office of Naval Research, Office of Transition, onr, power and engineering, radio frequency sources, ship energy use monitoring and analysis methods, U.S. Navy ships, USS Ponce | Comments Off

Navy Unveils Its First Laser Gun

Posted on April 25, 2013 by jtozer

We all know the old saying about the unfortunate soul who brought a knife to the gunfight. In the not-too-distant future, we should be able to say we bested our adversaries because we had lasers, and they showed up with …
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Posted in Lasers, Technology, Videos | Tagged damage, DARPA, defeat, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, destroy, deter, disable, high-energy laser, It costs less than $1 to take a shot with a laser, laser gun, lasers, Naval Air Systems Command, naval research laboratory, naval sea systems command, navy, NRL, Office of Naval Research, onr, remotely piloted aircraft, solid-state laser, the Secretary of Defense’s High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office, USS Ponce | Comments Off