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Israel signed a NIS 2bn ($550mn) order to accelerate production of Iron Beam, marking a significant expansion in the ...

By the 2010s, NASA was 3D printing rocket engines. Now, they are testing the viability of using laser beam welding—a technology that can achieve additive manufacturing—in space. NASA has done welding ...

LIGHT, Inc. has announced the production launch of its Corona AFX-2000, a two-kilowatt laser with proprietary beam shaping ...

A powerful weapon that is going to be added to the Israeli defense system is interception using a laser beam. The Iron Beam project received a significant boost with the signing of a NIS 2 billion ...

Israel’s in-development high-powered laser interception system, dubbed Iron Beam, is expected to become operational next year, the Defense Ministry said Monday. “The first capability of the gr ...

The Israeli Ministry of Defense has finalized contracts exceeding $500 million (NIS 2 billion) with Elbit Systems and Rafael Defense for the Iron Beam high-power laser technology project. Elbit ...

Iron Beam, which unlike rival laser systems can intercept a cruise missile, has gone into serial production. "Globes" examines the implications for Israel's air defenses. The missile and drone threat ...