A Russian satellite built to maneuver alongside and inspect other countries’ spacecraft up close fell back to Earth on September 12, but the object that came down may not have been the real satellite, according to Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics who tracks satellite activity. The satellite, Kosmos-2558, launched from […]

The US Army has awarded defense contractor AV a $464.8 million contract to produce high-energy laser weapons under the Enduring High Energy Laser (E-HEL) program, the Army’s first formal directed energy program of record, according to Laser Wars. Under the Other Transaction Agreement, AV will deliver 26 of its 30 kilowatt LOCUST X3 laser weapons […]