MDA Considering Smaller Aircraft for ABL Technology

The Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense program may have been drastically cut, but it’s far from dead, says the head of the Missile Defense Agency. In fact, MDA plans to explore putting ABL technology on an aircraft smaller than its current jumbo jet platform, says Army Lt. Gen. Patrick O’Reilly...

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