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Airborne Laser Test Bed Expanding The Envelope

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Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

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By Ann Roosevelt The Airborne Laser Test Bed (ALTB) is preparing for another test as it continues to expand the envelope of the speed-of-light capability examining the potential of directed energy to support missile defense, officials said. A modified 747-400F aircraft contains battle management, a beam control/ fire control system, and a high-energy Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser (COIL). "There are many things left to learn," Michael Rinn, vice president, Directed Energy Systems, Strategic Missile & Defense Systems at Boeing, said…

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