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Airborne Laser

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Name: Airborne Laser

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Navy laser weapon goes through early tests

ALBUQUERQUE, March 19 (UPI) -- A new laser weapon designed for naval deployment has gone through initial design tests as one of the first steps before it is adopted for active service, most likely by the U.S. Navy before any other force.Laser weaponry ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by UPI]

Entities: Laser, Boeing Company, Airborne Laser, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Directed Energy

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 1 Documents

Blom CGR First to Acquire New ALTM Pegasus

Optech Incorporated, the worldâ€™s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar survey instruments, is pleased to announce that Blom, the leading European company for the collection and processing of map information, is the first to purchase the ALTM Pegasus ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by Professional Surveyor]

Entities: Airborne Laser, Laser, Acquisition

First Reported Mar 11 2010 - Updated Mar 11 2010 - 1 Documents

Airborne Laser zaps in-flight missile

A laser weapon's gotta do what a laser weapon's gotta do. (Credit: U.S. ) In a milestone for the ambitious directed-energy project, now dramatically downsized, the Pentagon's Airborne Laser prototype weapons system destroyed a ballistic missile that was ... [Published Mar 11 2010 by CNET]

Entities: Airborne Laser, Laser, Boeing Company, Missile Defense, Ballistic Missile

First Reported Feb 26 2010 - Updated Feb 26 2010 - 1 Documents

Norton A Schwartz

Schwartz: Get those AF boots off the ground

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz wants lawmakers to give more money to the Army and Marine Corps so airmen don’t have to fill in for soldiers and Marines in the combat zones.Schwartz lobbied for his fellow service chiefs at a Feb. 23 congressional ... [Published Feb 26 2010 by Air Force Times]

Entities: Norton A Schwartz, Airborne Laser, Directed Energy, Joe Wilson

First Reported Feb 23 2010 - Updated Feb 24 2010 - 4 Documents

Boeing Company

Air Force Chief of Staff Says "No" to Boeing Airborne Laser

Air Force wants solid-state not chemical lasersBoeing has been working an Airborne Laser Testbed (ALTB) for quite some time and so far, the program has been successful. Earlier this month, the ALTB aircraft was able to successfully target and destroy ... [Published Feb 24 2010 by DailyTech]

Entities: Airborne Laser, Boeing Company, Chief of Staff, Norton A Schwartz, Laser

First Reported Feb 24 2010 - Updated Feb 24 2010 - 1 Documents

Weapons of the 21st century

Strategic ballistic missiles can be fobbed off with laser weaponsEarlier this month, on February 12, the US Missile Defense Agency used the Airborne Laser Test Bed mounted on a Boeing B-747 jumbo jet to shoot down a liquid-propellant and a solid-propellant ... [Published Feb 24 2010 by New Delhi Pioneer]

Entities: Laser, Airborne Laser, Boost Phase, Ballistic Missile

First Reported Feb 23 2010 - Updated Feb 23 2010 - 2 Documents

The Airborne Supremacy -- By: Cliff May

Heritage’s James Carafano writes about the Airborne Laser , “a defensive weapon once ridiculed as science fiction ”:Skeptics even persuaded the Obama administration to slot the airborne laser for the ninth circle of procurement hell -- a pit for dead-end ... [Published Feb 23 2010 by National Review]

Entities: Cliff May, Airborne Laser, James Carafano, Iran, Neutralize

First Reported Feb 21 2010 - Updated Feb 21 2010 - 1 Documents

Despite Successful Test, No New Funding For Airborne Laser

Program Was Cut Last Year The Pentagon has no plans to restore funding for Boeing's airborne laser program, despite a successful test of the system February 11th. Defense Secretary Robert Gates had slashed the program from seven planes to one, cutting ... [Published Feb 21 2010 by Aero-News Network]

Entities: Airborne Laser, Robert Gates, Boeing Company

First Reported Feb 21 2010 - Updated Feb 21 2010 - 1 Documents

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (02.21.10)

"We still very much want to pursue development of this promising technology, and we'll figure out down the road what the appropriate and cost-effective platform is." Source: Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell discussing the elimination of DOD funding for ... [Published Feb 21 2010 by Aero-News Network]

Entities: Airborne Laser, Geoff Morrell

First Reported Feb 19 2010 - Updated Feb 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Air Force Claims its Laser Weapon Finally Hit a Missile

Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser weapons system, a megawatt-class chemical oxygen iodine laserToo little too late. After first promoting the idea in the 1980s of a missile defense that could use lasers to stop a deadly attack on the U.S., the military finally ... [Published Feb 19 2010 by AllGov]

Entities: Laser, Airborne Laser, Iodine

First Reported Feb 12 2010 - Updated Feb 13 2010 - 45 Documents

US laser weapon test successful

Los Angeles: A high-powered laser beam has destroyed a target missile in flight off the Central California coast the US Air Force announced Friday. It is being looked upon as a milestone in the evolution of a futuristic missile defence system.According ... [Published Feb 13 2010 by domain-b]

Entities: Laser, US Air Force, Strategic Defense Initiative, Airborne Laser

First Reported Feb 12 2010 - Updated Feb 12 2010 - 6 Documents

Airborne laser shoots down missile in test

Awesome! Do I have to say anything more than that? Can I get an Amen from the congregation? Dear pretty much everybody, suck it. Love, America ... [Published Feb 12 2010 by BLACKFIVE]

Entities: Airborne Laser

Quotes

Northrop explained, "While ballistic missiles like the one ALTB destroyed move at speeds of about 4,000 miles per hour, they are no match for a super-heated, high-energy laser beam racing toward it at 670 million mph."

Navy laser weapon goes through early tests [UPI - Mar 19 2010]

"We are extremely pleased that Blom CGR has chosen to add the worldâ€™s first 400-kHz Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper to their already impressive sensor suite,â€ said Don Carswell, President of Optech. â€œThe Pegasus HD 400 incorporates many industry firsts in a revolutionary sensor design: a multi-channel laser configuration, fully embedded digital imaging options, multi-look angle approach to data collection, and true 400-kHz on-the-ground measurement capability. We look forward to exploring with Blom the significant performance and competitive advantages this unique configuration offers over conventional airborne lidar system designs.â€"

Blom CGR First to Acquire New ALTM Pegasus [Professional Surveyor - Mar 16 2010]

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Navy laser weapon goes through early tests [UPI - Mar 19 2010]
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Blom CGR First to Acquire New ALTM Pegasus [Professional Surveyor - Mar 16 2010]
Airborne Laser zaps in-flight missile [CNET - Mar 11 2010]
Northrop Will Not Bid For KC-X; Boeing Benefits [Morningstar Canada - Mar 10 2010]
INDUSTRY PULSE: DIVERSE NEEDS [Armed Forces Journal International - Mar 06 2010]
AFA Highlights 100 Years of Military Aviation [Air Force Magazine - Mar 06 2010]
U.S. Taps Romania for Missile Defense [Arms Control Association - Mar 06 2010]
Schwartz: Get those AF boots off the ground [Air Force Times - Feb 26 2010]
Air Force Chief of Staff Says "No" to... [DailyTech - Feb 24 2010]
Air Force Chief Says No to Boeing Airborne Laser [DailyTech - Feb 24 2010]
Weapons of the 21st century [New Delhi Pioneer - Feb 24 2010]
The Airborne Supremacy -- By: Cliff May [National Review - Feb 23 2010]
ABL Kills Fast, But Experiences Misalignment [Aviation Week - Feb 23 2010]
General Pawlikowski assumes command of Air Forc... [Air Force Materiel Command - Feb 23 2010]
Optech’s Next-Generation CMS V400 Released [Geoplace - Feb 22 2010]
MDA Analyzing ABL Test Beam Misalignment [Aviation Week - Feb 22 2010]
Despite Successful Test, No New Funding For Air... [Aero-News Network - Feb 21 2010]
Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (02.21.10) [Aero-News Network - Feb 21 2010]
Air Force Claims its Laser Weapon Finally Hit a... [AllGov - Feb 19 2010]
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VIDEO: Ballistic Missile Destroyed by Laser [The Channel Guide - Feb 17 2010]
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'Star Wars' is a mere phantom menace to missiles [New Scientist - Feb 16 2010]
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Blogs

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Air Force Chief Says No to Boeing Airborne Laser [DailyTech Main News Feed - Feb 24 2010] Air Force wants solid-state not chemical lasers ...
Air Force Chief Passes On Airborne Laser [Defense Tech - Feb 23 2010] Headlines were ablaze earlier this month reporting the successful destruction of a ballistic missile by the Airborne Laser (ABL). While certainly a milestone in ...
The Airborne Supremacy -- By: Cliff May [The Corner on National Review Online - Feb 23 2010] Heritage’s James Carafano writes about the Airborne Laser, “a defensive weapon once ridiculed as science fiction”: Skeptics even persuaded the Obama administration ...
Airborne laser shoots down missile in test [BLACKFIVE - Feb 12 2010] Awesome! Do I have to say anything more than that? Can I get an Amen from the congregation? Dear pretty much everybody, suck it. Love, America ...
Airborne Laser zaps in-flight missile [CNET News.com - Feb 12 2010] A laser weapon does what a laser weapon's got to do. (Credit: U.S. ) Score one for the Airborne Laser. In a milestone for the ambitious directed-energy project, ...

Audio/Video

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Straight out of Star Wars [Russia Today - YouTube - Feb 12 2010]
Boeing's Airborne Laser Feb. 11, 2010 test [Military.com - YouTube Channel - Feb 12 2010]
US destroys missile with airborne laser for fir... [Russia Today - YouTube - Feb 12 2010]
Airborne Laser is Chemical Ray Gun [Uploads by wired - Jan 26 2010]