Bush proposes $153 million for airborne laser that destroys...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 6, 2001 ;     700+ words ......decided to increase spending on an airborne laser capable of destroying missiles...153 million this year for the airborne laser program, the first substantial...defense that he has requested. The airborne laser is one of eight missile defense...

Airborne Laser Program May Die at Hands of Legislators

Albuquerque Journal;  July 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ......of grounding the anti-missile Airborne Laser. With headquarters at Kirtland...is based at Kirtland. Since the Airborne Laser program was launched in 1994...Finishing development of the Airborne Laser and buying a working fleet of...

Airborne Laser Aircraft Flies for First Time in Kansas.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 19, 2002 ;     534 words ......Business News Jul. 19--The first Airborne Laser aircraft, modified by Boeing to carry the Airborne Laser ballistic missile-defense system...initial airborne platform for the Airborne Laser system, has a distinctive nose...

MAJOR ASSEMBLY BEGINS FOR FIRST 747-400F AIRBORNE LASER

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  August 11, 1999 ;     570 words ......of major assembly for the first Airborne Laser flying platform -- a 747-400 freighter...beginning of major assembly on the airborne laser platform. Next week, major assembly...s body sections. This initial airborne laser aircraft is the first to be acquired...

Airborne Laser Outlook Brightens

Signal;  January 1, 2005 ;     221 words ...AEROSPACE The antimissile airborne laser program took a significant step forward with two recent developments. The aircraft's laser was fired for the first time using actual flight laser modules, and the aircraft flew with its integrated...

BASE TO HOST TESTS OF AIRBORNE LASER.(News)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  February 20, 1998 ;     700+ words ......director of special projects in the Airborne Laser Office at Kirtland Air Force Base...Paul Sherman, director of the Airborne Laser Joint Program Office for Boeing...on them,'' Sherman said. ``The airborne laser could be a positive deterrent...

AIRBORNE LASER PRODUCES 110 PERCENT POWER

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  September 17, 1998 ;     691 words ......laser being developed for the Airborne Laser has produced 110 percent of the...flight-weighted laser module. The Airborne Laser, a modified Boeing 747-400F freighter...shortly after being launched. The Airborne Laser will protect civilians and key...

Airborne Laser Simulation

Signal;  August 1, 2006 ;     169 words ...AEROSPACE Development of the airborne laser moved closer to deployment with...that normally would distort the airborne laser beam. Later this year, researchers...actual illuminators aboard the airborne laser aircraft for ground testing. The...

EDWARDS PREPARES FOR TESTS LOCAL WORK ON AIRBORNE LASER CANNON TO BEGIN...

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  June 5, 2002 ;     534 words ......FORCE BASE - The $1.3 billion airborne laser program has reached a milestone...aircraft modification. During combat, airborne laser aircraft would patrol in pairs...laboratory in Orange County. The airborne laser team at Edwards will assemble...

REP. FRANKS ISSUES STATEMENT ON SUCCESSFUL AIRBORNE LASER TEST

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 11, 2008 ;     250 words ......milestone in the development of the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense program...2008. "The latest test of the Airborne Laser is proof positive that this weapon...on the first test firing of the Airborne Laser against a target missile in flight...

AIRBORNE LASER AIRCRAFT SLATED TO PROVIDE MISSILE DEFENSE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 21, 2007 ;     660 words ......revolutionary about the prototype Airborne Laser aircraft, which arrived last night...goes across the country." The Airborne Laser is being developed as an integral...futuristic as this concept sounds, the Airborne Laser project is moving steadily forward...

AIRBORNE LASER SENSITIVE CAMERA ARRIVES

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  September 22, 1999 ;     477 words ......become a critical component of the Airborne Laser, a laser-equipped aircraft capable...major contractor working on the Airborne Laser for the Air Force. The electron...critical interfaces between the Airborne Laser's wavefront and fine tracker/ranger...

AIRBORNE LASER RECEIVES LARGEST OPTICAL-QUALITY DOMED WINDOW EVER MADE

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  August 9, 1999 ;     229 words ......AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFPN) -- Airborne laser officials here announced Aug...production of a turret window for the airborne laser, an aircraft that will use a laser...transmission requirements of the airborne laser program. Through this glass, which...

AIRBORNE LASER PASSES INITIAL TEST.(News)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  April 2, 2007 ;     502 words ......detect and track a target. The Airborne Laser, a highly modified Boeing 747...a crawl, walk, run approach to Airborne Laser, said Col. John Daniels, the director of the airborne laser program. Right now we're between...

BILLION-DOLLAR DEAL : BOEING TO DEVELOP AIRBORNE LASER.(BUSINESS)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  November 13, 1996 ;     586 words ......Air Force contract to develop an airborne laser missile-killing system, beating...six years to deliver a workable airborne laser system to the Air Force. At that...converted to operational status. The airborne laser will be fitted into a modified...