Air and space were linked together in a recent flight test by General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Kepler ...

For at least the second time this week, law enforcement is investigating an incident in which a laser was aimed at an ...

According to the release, pointing a laser at an aircraft is a federal felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison and/or a ...

NEW YORK (AP) – The FBI announced Friday it has assigned its Joint Terrorism Task Force to lead a probe of laser attacks on the cockpits of two planes approaching LaGuardia Airport this week ...

Through the first seven months of 2025, there have been 118 incidents of lasers pointed at pilots that were reported from ...

A North Kansas City man was indicted by a federal grand jury last month after investigators say he aimed a laser pointer at a flying aircraft last year.

The act of pointing a laser into the sky, even when intended as fun or a prank, could impair an aircraft pilot's vision and potentially cause an accident, the release states. "Lasing" an aircraft ...

The FAA says nearly 13,000 laser incidents were reported in 2024, and more than 3,700 already in 2025. Here's where planes are being struck.

Assaults on aircraft cockpits continues to grow at an alarming rate. Oct. 30, 2011— -- The number of dangerous laser assaults on aircraft cockpits continues to grow at an alarming rate ...

The FAA said aircraft in the Tucson area have reported more laser strikes through July 2025 than all of last year.

In both 2023 and 2024, there were about 200 laser strikes on aircraft in Missouri, according to the FAA data dashboard.