While the raw speed isn't too impressive, it was achieved using a laser with less power than an energy-saving lightbulb.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — BlueHalo, the company transforming the future of global defense through mission-critical innovation in the space domain, today announced the successful ...

Free-space optical communications (FSOC), which use lasers for data transmission, are a promising approach for achieving high ...

The Qube research satellite to test quantum key distribution launched Aug. 16 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare. Credit: Zentrum Fur Telematik Credit: Center for Telematics, Wurzburg Quantum Key ...

CLEVELAND — A team of NASA engineers at Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is transforming the way astronauts communicate in space. In the simplest of terms, the team developed a laser communications ...

Laser communication promises data rates in the gigabit to terabit range—significantly higher than conventional wireless connections. Europe wants to expand its expertise in this field and install its ...

The demand for high-speed internet has been growing in recent years. The global internet traffic is also growing by 25% annually but millions of people in remote and rural areas still struggle with ...

Kyocera demonstrated a breakthrough in underwater wireless optical communication, achieving speeds of 5.2 Gbps using laser technology. This system is 2.5 times faster than conventional methods, ...

Mark Zuckerberg gives first look at lasers in Facebook's connectivity lab. Facebook is developing a laser communications system that can beam data from the sky into communities that will increase the ...

Air and space were linked together in a recent flight test by General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Kepler Communications where a laser system was used to communicate between a standard ...