Recent bumps in the process of awarding an integration system contract for the Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) advanced technology demonstration are not expected to delay the rest of the program, Program Manager Rich Bagnell said in a Nov. 10 phone interview with Inside the Air Force. The SHiELD demonstration is intended to develop an electricity-powered laser that is effective at supersonic speeds. The overarching effort ultimately aims to put a laser on a fighter jet that could shoot down...
