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Lockheed Martin Delivers New Airborne High Energy Laser For Testing On An AC-130J

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, October 6th, 2021

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Lockheed Martin Delivers New Airborne High Energy Laser For Testing On An AC-130J

An AC-130J taxis the runway for its first official sortie Jan. 31, 2014, at Eglin AFB, Fla. Photo: Air Force.

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has delivered the new Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL) to the Air Force for flight testing on an AC-130J aircraft following a successful factory acceptance testing period, the company said Wednesday. “Completion of this milestone is a tremendous accomplishment for our customer,” Rick Cordaro, vice president of Lockheed Martin Advanced Production Solutions, said in a statement. “These mission success milestones are a testament of our partnership with the U.S. Air Force in rapidly achieving important advances in…

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