Boeing's Phantom Works tapped to design airborne laser in new MDA effort

摘要

The Pentagon has tapped Boeing to compete in a new technology demonstration effort to integrate a low-power laser on a high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle, handing the company which led the Airborne Laser program - terminated in 2009 - another bite at the apple in the U.S. military's latest effort to develop speed-of-light missile defense.