A prototype turret developed by Lockheed Martin for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Air Force Research Laboratory controls and compensates for air flow, paving the way for laser ...

“The ABC turret is the first turret ever to demonstrate a 360° field of regard for laser weapon systems on an aircraft flying near the speed of sound. Its performance has been verified in nearly 60 ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 16 (UPI) --Lockheed Martin is developing a laser weapon turret for aircraft that will allow the weapon to be fired in any direction. The prototype turret has been commissioned ...

After a longish hiatus, we were pleased to see a new video from [Afroman], one of the most accessible and well-spoken teachers the internet has to offer. If you’re new to electronics, see the previous ...

Last year, Lockheed Martin began testing a new tactical laser turret for future warplanes. After 60 test flights Lockheed says the 360° capability of the turret system has been verified, moving the ...

With a solid state laser tied to an ABC turret installed on a fighter aircraft, dogfights may become equally as futile as beyond-visual-range missile attacks. A pilot could literally just look at ...

Although a laser turret mounted on the bottom of the gunship will provide more offensive and defensive capability in the long run, the belly-mounted turret would cost more and take much longer to ...

If you thought laser turrets were only for computer games and science fiction, it might be time to have a re-think. German scientists have built and unveiled a fully operational laser turret. The ...

Last year, [Alvaro] built a laser turret robot for the DEFCONBOTs competition. It worked pretty well, but this year, he decided to step it up a notch. Now instead of moving the entire robot laser ...