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Airborne Laser (ABL)

News Releases

Aug. 20, 2009 Boeing Airborne Laser Team Fires High-Energy Laser in Flight White Space White Space
Aug. 13, 2009 Boeing Airborne Laser Team Completes 1st Airborne Test Against Instrumented Target Missile White Space White Space
Apr. 29, 2009 Boeing Airborne Laser Engineers Receive Missile Defense Agency Award White Space White Space
Apr. 24, 2009 Boeing Airborne Laser Team Begins Weapon System Flight Tests White Space White Space
Dec. 01, 2008 Boeing Airborne Laser Team Fires High-Energy Laser Through Beam Control System White Space White Space
Sep. 08, 2008 Boeing, Airborne Laser Team Begin Firing High-Energy Laser on ABL Aircraft White Space White Space
Jul. 28, 2008 Boeing Airborne Laser Team Begins Testing Laser with Chemical Fuel White Space White Space
May 28, 2008 Boeing's Airborne Laser Team Begins Laser Activation Tests White Space White Space
Feb. 22, 2008 Boeing's Airborne Laser Team Installs All Major Laser Components on ABL Aircraft White Space White Space
Jan. 03, 2008 Boeing and Airborne Laser Teammates Achieve Final 2007 Milestone White Space White Space
Oct. 31, 2007 Boeing and Airborne Laser Teammates Celebrate 2007 Program Achievements During California Ceremony White Space White Space
Aug. 31, 2007 Boeing-led Airborne Laser Team Completes 'Low Power' Flight Tests and Prepares to Install High Energy Laser White Space White Space
Jul. 16, 2007 Boeing-led Airborne Laser Team Actively Tracks Airborne Target, Compensates for Atmospheric Turbulence and Fires Surrogate High-Energy Laser White Space White Space
Mar. 16, 2007 Boeing-led Airborne Laser Team Fires Tracking Laser at Airborne Target White Space White Space
Oct. 27, 2006 Boeing Airborne Laser Team Rolls Out Modified Aircraft and Prepares for Flight Tests White Space White Space
Jul. 06, 2006 Boeing-led Team Tracks and Targets Simulated Missile in Airborne Laser Ground Test White Space White Space
Jun. 26, 2006 Boeing-led Team Fires Surrogate Lasers from Airborne Laser Aircraft White Space White Space
Dec. 12, 2005 Airborne Laser Completes Laser Ground Tests White Space White Space
Aug. 03, 2005 Airborne Laser Team Completes New Phase of Payload Testing White Space White Space
2004 Team News Releases
Dec. 3, 2004 Boeing Airborne Laser Team Achieves First Flight
Nov. 12, 2004 Boeing Airborne Laser Lights Up Test Facility
May 13, 2004 Lockheed Martin Receives Airborne Laser Turret Ball from Brashear LP
May 5, 2004 Lockheed Martin Completes Integrated Testing of Major ABL Sub-System
Jan 26, 2004 Missile Defense Agency Opens Kirtland Facility
Jan. 2004 The Integrated Test Force - Where It All Comes Together
Jan. 2004 Where the Computers Yell "Fire" - The ABL Battle Management System
Jan. 2004 Much more than just another 747
Jan. 2004 Lots of Mirrors; Lots of Lenses - The Airborne Laser Beam Control/Fire Control System
Jan. 2004 Contact at the Speed of Light - The Lasers that Make Up the Airborne Laser System
 
2003 Team News Releases
Dec. 23, 2003 Engineers Mix Laser Fuel
Oct. 2003 Testing - Paving the Way to Missile Shootdown
Oct. 2003 The Airborne Laser (YAL-1A) Fact Sheet
Feb. 26, 2003 Northrop Grumman delivers a high-power solid-state laser for Missile Defense Agency’s Airborne Laser Program
 
2002 Team News Releases
July 18, 2002 Modified Airborne Laser Aircraft Takes Successful First Flight From Boeing Flight Line in Wichita
May 30, 2002 First Airborne Laser Aircraft Makes Progress Toward Flight-Worthiness Tests at Boeing Wichita
May 28, 2002 First Airborne Laser Aircraft progressing toward Flight-Worthiness Testing
Mar. 29, 2002 Airborne Laser Team Completes Successful Tests of High-Power Laser, Prepares to Deliver First Flight Laser Module
Feb. 21, 2002 Surrogate nose turret attached to the ABL airplane in Boeing Wichita Maintenance and Modification facility
 
2001 Team News Releases
July 11, 2001 Team Airborne Laser Delivers Infrared Sensors for Lab Testing and Aircraft Integration
Mar. 30, 2001 New Solid-State Laser Developed For Airborne Laser Program
Feb. 22, 2001 New Silicon Valley facility will test defensive system designed to “zap” theater ballistic missiles
Feb. 21, 2001 30 companies in Silicon Valley help build advanced Airborne Laser defensive system at speed of light
Jan. 5, 2001 Air Force to Request Reprogramming of ABL Funds
 
2000 Team News Releases
Sept. 19, 2000 Airborne Laser 747-400 Freighter Modifications Pass Halfway Point at Boeing Wichita
August 2, 2000 Team Airborne Laser Continues Modification Work with Delivery of New Titanium Belly Skins for 747-400 Freighter Flying Platform
June 27, 2000 Boeing Vice President Paul Shennum Retires
June 1, 2000 Team ABL Continues Making Progress with Delivery of Two Airborne Laser Steering Mirrors
Apr. 27, 2000 Airborne Laser Program Team Members to “Celebrate” Critical Design Review This Week
Apr. 7, 2000 Team ABL Begins Fabrication of Airborne Laser Turret
Jan. 22, 2000 First Airborne Laser Aircraft Arrives at Boeing Wichita for Start of Major Modification Work