Team ABL Completes Testing of Updated Laser Module
Oct 14, 1999 — REDONDO BEACH, Calif., Oct. 14 -- Team ABL, comprising the US Air Force, Boeing, TRW and Lockheed Martin, has completed testing of the laser module that will serve as a technical foundation for the Air Force's Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense system. According to Col. Mike Booen, director of the ABL program for the Air Force, the flight-weighted laser module-3 (FLM-3) exceeded by a significant margin the laser power and beam quality requirements of the operational ABL system during a...