AFRL issues RFI for fighter laser weapon system

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has posted Request For Information (RFI) notice asking the industry to come up with a podded laser weapon system that can destroy missiles directed at stealth fighters and bombers.

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Self-protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) aims to fly sometime around 2021 for researchers to collect “aero-effects data under a supersonic environment.”

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