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Homeland Security

Airborne Laser Missile Defense System Begins Activation Tests

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Monday, June 2nd, 2008

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The Airborne Laser (ABL) completed its first activation tests on the ground, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Those tests were conducted at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., home of the ABL aircraft. ABL involves prime contractor Boeing, which contributed the heavily modified 747-400F jumbo jet; Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC], which contributes the laser gear; and Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT], which provides the beam control/fire control system that aims the laser beam at an enemy missile. While most other missile defense…

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