Sunday, October 15, 2006

Boeing's Laser Gunship Program Testing Begins

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has begun flight testing for the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) program and has generated "first light" of ATL's high-energy chemical laser in ground tests, achieving two key milestones in the laser gunship development effort.

The idea is a plane-mounted laser that can take out ground targets, having the ability to adjust the power based on the size of the target and the desired destruction. Read all about it here.

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