Defense contractor Lockheed Martin has won a Pentagon contract to develop high-energy fiber lasers for American fighter planes by 2021. Under a $26.3 million contract from the Air Force Research Lab, the directed energy weapon program builds on ground-based laser testing that has already been conducted. If successful, lasers will give the Air Force the capability … Continue reading [Defense in Brief] Coming soon: U.S. fighter planes with laser weapons […]

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