Maxwell Continuum
Electromagnetic systems, directed energy, and communications.
Electromagnetism
(wiki) Electromagnetism
(wiki) Solenoid
Directed-energy weapons
(wiki) Directed-energy weapon
(wiki) Particle beam
Introducing the particle-beam weapon - (web.archive.org)
2018-06-21 - U.S. Intel Says China To Have Railgun-Armed Ships By 2025 - https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/21689/u-s-intel-says-china-to-have-railgun-armed-ships-by-2025
2018-01-31 - Is This Chinese Navy Ship Equipped With An Experimental Electromagnetic Railgun? - https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18119/is-this-chinese-navy-ship-equipped-with-an-experimental-electromagnetic-railgun
Lockheed Martin Directed Energy - https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/capabilities/directed-energy.html
Lockheed Martin Laser Weapon Systems - https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/capabilities/directed-energy.html
Raytheon Laser Solutions - https://www.raytheonintelligenceandspace.com/capabilities/products/lasers
Paul Woskov - Into the Bedrock by Full Bore Millimeter-Waves - (youtube)
Gyrotron - (wiki)
Communications & Power Industries - https://www.cpii.com/
Lasers
(wiki) Laser
Jupiter Laser Facility - https://jlf.llnl.gov/
IPG Photonics - https://www.ipgphotonics.com/
TRUMPF Lasers - https://www.trumpf.com/en_SE/products/laser/
Coherent - https://www.coherent.com/
Hypersonic
(wiki) Hypersonic flight
Lockheed Martin Hypersonics - https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/capabilities/hypersonics.html
Raytheon Hypersonics - https://www.raytheonmissilesanddefense.com/capabilities/hypersonics
Dynetics Hypersonics - https://www.dynetics.com/hypersonics/
Hypersonic News
2021-02-09 - US Army begins equipping first unit with hypersonic capability - https://www.defensenews.com/land/2021/02/09/us-army-begins-equipping-first-unit-with-hypersonic-capability/
2020-10-01 - DOD Official Discusses Hypersonics Development - https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/2368289/dod-official-discusses-hypersonics-development/
2020-08-05 - How the DoD plans to meet its ambitious hypersonic missile test schedule - https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/smd/2020/08/05/heres-how-the-dod-plans-to-meet-its-ambitious-hypersonic-missile-test-schedule/
2019-10-14 - How the US Army is building a hypersonic weapons business - https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/ausa/2019/10/14/how-the-us-army-is-building-a-hypersonic-weapons-business/
2019-08-30 - Here's who will build and integrate the first hypersonic weapon system prototype - https://www.defensenews.com/land/2019/08/30/heres-who-will-build-and-integrate-the-first-hypersonic-weapon-system-prototype/
2019-08-07 - Final hypersonic missile contract awards imminent as US Army preps to shoot one in FY21 - https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/smd/2019/08/07/final-hypersonic-missile-contract-awards-imminent-as-army-preps-to-shoot-one-in-fy21/
2019-06-04 - Coming soon to the US Army: Combat-capable hypersonic and laser weapons - https://www.defensenews.com/land/2019/06/05/coming-soon-to-the-us-army-combat-capable-hypersonic-and-laser-weapons/
2019-06-03 - Here's What The Army's First Ever Operational Hypersonic Missile Unit Will Look Like - https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28340/heres-what-the-armys-first-ever-operational-hypersonic-missile-unit-will-look-like
2019-05-01 - The emerging world of hypersonic weapons technology - https://www.militaryaerospace.com/power/article/14033431/the-emerging-world-of-hypersonic-weapons-technology
2018-03-20 - US Army to demo precision strike, hypersonics, ramjet capabilities in just a few years - https://www.defensenews.com/land/2018/03/20/army-to-demonstrate-precision-strike-hypersonics-and-ramjet-capabilities-in-just-a-few-years/
The full electromagnetic spectrum as engineering substrate. Directed energy weapons, high-power microwave systems, free-electron lasers, electromagnetic launchers, and the signal infrastructure that connects all Laks divisions. Named for James Clerk Maxwell, whose field equations unified electricity, magnetism, and light into a single framework. The division spans the spectrum from radio frequency through terahertz, infrared, visible, and X-ray — wherever electromagnetic radiation can be generated, shaped, and delivered with precision. Free-electron lasers, driven by relativistic electron beams, offer wavelength tunability from terahertz to hard X-ray. High-power microwave sources provide electronic warfare capability. Electromagnetic pulse research addresses both threat characterization and critical infrastructure hardening.
Research & Bibliography- High-Power Microwave Antennas: A Comprehensive Review (IEEE Access, 2025) [IEEE]
- High Power Lasers for Directed Energy Applications: Developments and Challenges (Infrared Physics and Technology, 2024) [ScienceDirect]
- Analysis of Research Progress of Electromagnetic Railgun Based on CiteSpace (IEEE Access, 2024) [IEEE]
- Prediction on X-ray Output of Free Electron Laser Based on Neural Networks (Nature Communications, 2023) [Nature]
- Seeded Free-Electron Laser Driven by a Compact Laser Plasma Accelerator (Nature Photonics, 2023) [Nature]
- Warm Dense Matter Studies with X-ray Free-Electron Lasers (Nature Reviews Physics, 2025) [Nature]
- Superradiant Terahertz Free-Electron Laser Driven by Electron Microbunch Trains (Light: Science and Applications, 2025) [Nature]
- Electromagnetic Pulse: Simulation Analysis of E1 HEMP Coupling and Protection Strategies (IEEE, 2022) [IEEE]
- Science and Tech Spotlight: Directed Energy Weapons (US GAO, 2023) [GAO]
- Machine-Learning-Enhanced Spectral Characterization of X-ray Pulses from a Free-Electron Laser (Communications Physics, 2024) [Nature]
- Surface Damage and Protection Strategies of Armature-Rail Materials for Electromagnetic Rail Launch (PMC, 2024) [PMC]
- The Detection Technology of High-Power Microwave: A Review (IEEE, 2024) [IEEE]
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