Laser peening process and benefits are briefly presented. Laser peening increases metal component damage tolerance, fatigue life and strength. High energy pulsed lasers are used to develop a shock wave that imparts beneficial compressive residual stresses. Laser peening is highly effective toward mitigating the detrimental effect of high cycle fatigue, foreign object damage, stress corrosion cracking, crack initiation and propagation, creep, fretting fatigue, erosion, and rolling contact fatigue. Visit our website for more information