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Airborne Laser In Flight Tests

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Monday, April 27th, 2009

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The Airborne Laser missile defense system has begun flight tests with the entire weapon system integrated aboard the aircraft, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Boeing, the prime ABL contractor, contributed the heavily modified 747-400F jumbo jet, in which Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] installed a laser system and Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] installed a beam control-fire control system. The aircraft completed its functional flight check with those systems in place, confirming the giant plane is airworthy, ready for more airborne tests,…

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