Air Force Wants Lasers on Fighter Jets by 2025
11/9/2020
By Mandy Mayfield
Lockheed Martin is working toward outfitting a directed energy system on fighter jets by the middle of the decade, according to a company official.
“We’re committing to putting a laser pod equipped with a high-energy laser in the air within five years,†said Mark Stephen, business development lead for strategic technology development at Lockheed Martin’s missiles and fire control division.
The company is a core member of an industry team partnering for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD, program, Stephen said during a virtual media roundtable in September.
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2020/11/9/air-force-wants-lasers-on-fighter-jets-by-2025
