Lockheed Martin flight tests airborne laser turret

Lockheed Martin has been flight testing a new laser beam control turret that will allow future combat aircraft to have 360-degree coverage for high-energy laser weapons.

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The Aero-adaptive Aero-optic Beam Control (ABC) turret was flown on University of Notre Dame’s Airborne Aero Optical Laboratory Transonic Aircraft in Michigan for eight times.

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