As part of the government’s effort to demonstrate the feasibility of an airborne laser system for defense against those types of missiles, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the U.S. Air Force have contracted with a team composed of Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin to build an airborne high-energy laser weapon system.The Airborne Laser (ABL) weapon system will operate outside of the range of threat weapons but sufficiently close to enemy territory and at altitudes above the clouds where it can acquire and track missiles in boost flight, and then accurately point and fire the laser with such energy that the missile is destroyed.Team ABL members are responsible for various elements of the system: Boeing is responsible for supplying the 747-400 Freighter, developing crew safety and the Battle Management system. Lockheed Martin is responsible for the nose-mounted turret, illuminator lasers and beam-control system. Northrop Grumman is responsible for the system’s high-energy laser.

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