Boeing, partners test Airborne Laser
Via mae.pennnet.com
ST. LOUIS, 29 May 2008. The Boeing Company, industry teammates, and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency completed the first laser activation testing for the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense program on the ground at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
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“ABL’s weapon system integration team has done a great job preparing the high-energy laser for activation testing, which will ensure each laser subsystem is brought on line sequentially and safely,” says Scott
Fancher, vice president and general manager of Boeing Missile Defense Systems. “Laser installation and the start of laser activation move the program a giant step closer to ABL’s missile shoot-down demonstration
planned for 2009.”
