✈Lockheed scores contract for fighter’s laser source

By Laser weapons, USA

✈Lockheed scores contract for fighter’s laser source.

The US Air Force has awarded a $26 million contract to Lockheed Martin to develop a high-powered laser source as part of the Air Force Research Laboratory s podded electric laser concept for fifth- and sixth-generation fighter jets.

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/lockheed-scores-contract-for-fighters-laser-source-441880/
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