Airborne Laser News

Boeing Airborne Laser Team Fires High-Energy Laser in Flight

Posted at: Thu Aug 20th, 2009

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Aug. 20, 2009 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency on Aug. 18 successfully fired the high-energy laser aboard the Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft in flight for the first ti...

Airborne Laser Team Completes 1st Airborne Test Against Instrumented Target Missile

Posted at: Thu Aug 13th, 2009

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Aug. 13, 2009 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency on Aug. 10 successfully completed the Airborne Laser's (ABL) first in-flight test against an instrumented target missil...

Boeing Airborne Laser Team Begins Weapon System Flight Tests

Posted at: Mon Apr 27th, 2009

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., April 24, 2009 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have begun Airborne Laser (ABL) flight tests with the entire weapon system integrated aboard the ABL aircraft.