The Missile Defense Agency announced today the first successful firing of the megawatt-class Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser (COIL) of the Airborne Laser (ABL) program since it was installed on board the YAL-1A demonstrator aircraft. Although the test lasted only a fraction of a second, it validated the successful year-long integration of the High Energy Laser on board the highly modified 747-400 aircraft
The Indonesian government has decided to cancel the purchase of 11 Polish-made Skytruck light transport planes as its state aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia has been able to produce similar planes, a Defense Ministry official said. "If we are able to produce similar planes, we will not need to import them," the ministry`s director general of defense facilities, Air Commodore Eris Herryanto, said here Friday
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MARINETTE, Wis. --- The propulsion plant of the nation's first Littoral Combat Ship, Freedom (LCS 1), has completed testing in preparation for dock trials
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