Lasers weapons on USAF aircraft

[DrLeftover]

15 Sept

Prepare yourself for a future filled with real-life pew pew! The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is working with Lockheed Martin to test "a new beam control turret... to give 360-degree coverage for high-energy laser weapons operating on military aircraft."

In other words, it stuck a primitive (by rebel standards) "Star Wars"-style laser cannon on a fighter jet and flew it over Michigan eight times.

"These initial flight tests validate the performance of our ABC turret design," Lockheed's Doug Graham said. in a release.

That ABC stands for Aero-adaptive Aero-optic Beam Control, which is designed to allow high-energy lasers to fire on enemy aircraft and missiles from a full 360 degrees -- above, below, and behind the aircraft.

http://www.cnet.com/news/darpa-is-testing-planes-with-a-star-wars-style-laser-cannon/

 

[+paradox]

great, lets play with lasers now, this won't end bad...

 

[beowulf]

lol, nothing new,,,,,, USAF have had a 747 testbed for years

 

[DrLeftover]

lol, nothing new,,,,,, USAF have had a 747 testbed for years

This test plane was MUCH smaller than the 747 anti-missile prototype, and has a different mission.

 

[+paradox]

mission to destroy...