The prototype airborne laser aircraft, later christened the YAL-1, featured the weapon in the nose of a Boeing 747. The laser was intended to shoot down missiles shortly after launch. The program ...

The Airborne Ballistic Laser program was first initiated in the 1970s, and then was pushed aggressively during the George W. Bush administration, Defense News reported.

The Airborne High Energy Laser program for the AC-130J had for a time looked set to become the U.S. military's first ...

While the information in each notice is reportedly marked confidential, the government-owned Global Times suggests that such airborne laser platforms could be utilized to either intercept incoming ...

The United States conducted its own research into an airborne laser. The program that produced an experimental combat aircraft, Boeing YAL-1, was curtailed at the end of 2011.