The Air Force estimates a total cost of $643 million over the next five fiscal years for directed energy basic research to support aircraft protection, force protection and precision strike. The service requests $124 million for FY-20 -- $92 million for lasers and imaging technology and $32 million for advanced weapons and survivability technology. The total cost reflects an $18 million reduction from the FY-19 appropriated amount of $142 million and $9 million reduction from last year’s projected amount of...
