Darpa Aims For Smaller, Lighter Laser Weapons

Credit: DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY
The laser equivalent of an active-array radar, generating multiple electronically steered beams for communicating, sensing, jamming and attacking, is the long-term goal of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Darpa is pushing technology in all system elements—diode arrays, power...

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