GAO - Theater Missile Defense: Significant Technical Challenges Face the Airborne Laser Program. Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the status of the Airborne Laser (ABL) program, focusing on: (1) the way in which the ABL is expected to change theater missile defense; (2) assurances that the ABL will be able to operate effectively in the levels of optical turbulence that may be encountered in the geographical areas in which the system might be used; and (3) the technical challenges in developing an ABL system that will be compatible with the unique environment of an aircraft. GAO noted that: (1) the ABL program is the Department of Defense's (DOD) first attempt to design, develop, and install a multimegawatt laser on an aircraft and is expected to be DOD's first system to intercept missiles during the boost phase; (2) a key factor in determining whether the ABL will be able to successfully destroy a missile in its boost phase is the Air Force's ability to predict the levels of turbulence that the ABL is expected to encounter; (3) the Air Force has not shown that it can accurately predict the levels of turbulence the ABL is expected to encounter or that its technical requirements regarding turbulence are appropriate; (4) because ABL is an optical weapons system, only optical measurements can measure the turbulence that will actually be encountered by the ABL laser beam; (5) the Air Force has no plans to take additional optical measurements and instead plans to take additional non- optical measurements to predict the severity of optical turbulence the ABL will encounter; (6) to ensure that the non- optical measurements can be validly applied to the ABL program, the Air Force must determine whether the non- optical measurements can be correlated to optical measurements; (7) until the Air Force can verify that its predicted levels of optical turbulence are valid, it will not be able to validate the ABL's design specifications for overcoming turbulence; (8) the Air Force has established a design specification for the ABL that is based on modelling techniques; (9) data collected by the program office indicate that the levels of turbulence that ABL may encounter could be four times greater than the levels in which the system is being designed to operate; (1. Airborne laser program wins 100-percent award fee. The program, managed here by the Airborne Laser System Program Office, will put a laser weapon on a modified Boeing 747 freighter jet that will detect and destroy. Office of the Inspector General Department of Defense. The program office estimates that the system will. MZA Associates Corporation has posted a video that summarizes the results of tests of the High Energy Fiber Laser (HEFL) Helicopter Beam Director Subsystem (HBDS). For the Airborne Laser System Program Office (ABL SPO). WASHINGTON ROUNDTABLE ON SCIENCE & PUBLIC POLICY by Gen. Colonel John Daniels is the Director of the Airborne Laser (ABL) System Program Office, Missile Defense Agency. Airborne Laser program. Airborne Laser Gets Beam-Control System. May 1, 1998 DE RELEASE NO. The Airborne Laser program is managed by the ABL System Program Office at Kirtland Air Force Base. Program Executive Office Littoral and Mine Warfare's (PEO LMW. Mine Warfare Program Office (PMS 495) successfully conducted the first updated systems flight test for the Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS.DOD officials indicated that a more realistic design may not be achievable using a current state- of- the- art technology; (1. Air Force; (1. 2) the Air Force must build a new laser that is able to contend with size and weight restriction, motion and vibrations, and other factors unique to an aircraft environment and yet be powerful enough to sustain a killing force over a range of at least 5. Air Force must create a beam control system that must compensate for the optical turbulence in which the system is operating and control the direction and size of the laser beam; and (1. ABL program will evolve into a viable missile defense system. An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie. This site uses cookies to improve performance. If your browser does not accept cookies, you cannot view this site. Setting Your Browser to Accept Cookies. There are many reasons why a cookie could not be set correctly. Below are the most common reasons: You have cookies disabled in your browser. You need to reset your browser to accept cookies or to ask you if you want to accept cookies. Your browser asks you whether you want to accept cookies and you declined. Try a different browser if you suspect this. The date on your computer is in the past. If your computer's clock shows a date before 1 Jan 1. To fix this, set the correct time and date on your computer. To provide access without cookies. For example, the site. Allowing a website to create a cookie does not give that or any other site access to the.
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