The Missile Defense Agency has granted Boeing Phantom Works a final attempt to demonstrate a 100-kilowatt class laser by spring of next year, an assessment that will determine whether the company's directed-energy project can be considered for inclusion in the Pentagon's Industry Laser Scaling roadmap for continued development, according to MDA. At issue is Boeing's work begun in late 2017 under the former Low Power Laser Demonstrator project to flesh out a design for an entire airborne system that was...
