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Airborne Laser expected to achieve key goal 'very soon'

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser (ABL) program is on the verge of achieving its second and final key goal for 2004, according to a program official. The "first flight" of ABL's beam-control/fire control system will happen "very, very soon," said Air Force Col. Ellen Pawlikowski, ABL...

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