A mockup photo of how a B-1 bomber might deploy a laser weapon.
Laser weapons small enough to fit aboard fighter jets could begin
ground-based firing tests aimed at shooting down threats to U.S.
military warplanes in 2014.
The 150-kilowatt lasers would represent a new class of weapons 10 times
smaller and lighter than current lasers of similar power, according to
the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The Pentagon
agency issued a special notice
on Jan. 17 for General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems Incorporated to
build a second laser weapon so that both the U.S. Air Force and U.S.
Navy could carry out laser tests by 2014.
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