The head of Air Force Materiel Command has advised the service's chief of Special Operations Command to measure his optimism over a laser-equipped gunship he is pursuing and to focus instead on the laser weapon's applications. During an April 28 Defense Writers Group breakfast, Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski offered a more cautious view of the future of directed-energy weapons than her peer at AFSOC, Lt. Gen. Bradley Heithold. Pawlikowski's experience with ambitious directed-energy programs has colored her outlook for AFSOC's laser-equipped...
