The Missile Defense Agency demonstrated the potential use of directed energy to defend against ballistic missiles when the Airborne Laser Testbed (ALTB) successfully destroyed a boosting ballistic missile.

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Aug. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced today that the Beam Control/Fire Control system for the U.S.

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced today that the U.S.

By Jim Wolf HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (Reuters) - The P

Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency has begun working with Israel to help find ways to counter enemy rockets, a much shorter-range threat than the "Star Wars" mission to block ballistic missiles for which is it known.