The Airborne Laser (ABL) system has rounded its major technical corners, program officials say, and will be testing a surrogate lower-power laser in flight as early as this month. "We're on the verge ...
U.S. Air Force’s Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense program. The ABL TILL is the first diode-pumped Yb:YAG laser that has qualified for flight operation aboard a military aircraft. Raytheon Space ...
The Boeing-led Airborne Laser (ABL) team has begun firing the megawatt-class weapon through the beam control/fire control system and nose-mounted turret on the modified Boeing 747-400F—and into a ...