The Missile Defense Agency this year plans to select the best of three "low-power" lasers being designed by industry for follow-on development, but the agency's budget documents show a laser potentially powerful enough to disable ballistic missiles in their boost phase is not planned to be put on contract until 2023. The agency is seeking $61 million in fiscal year 2019 for directed-energy demonstrator development, according to documents released this week . Last year, MDA had projected the program would...
