USAF Plans Directed-Energy Counter Cruise Missile Experiment

As part of a campaign of experiments to evaluate directed-energy weapons for airbase defense, precision attack and aircraft defense, the U.S. Air Force is seeking information on systems that could shoot down cruise missiles. The directed-energy counter cruise missile (DE C-CM) experiment is planned...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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