Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a new documentary video about the Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser, a very special Boeing ...

The Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser Testbed (formerly Airborne Laser) weapons system, aircraft number 00-0001, the only aircraft of its type ever built, was on static display at the Davis-Monthan AFB ...

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Perhaps it is time to bring back the Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser weapons system that the Obama administration canceled in 2012. Just one or two of these planes could defend the entire U.S. West ...

It was born from the military The Boeing YAL-1 is a modified 747-400 Freighter that’s used for missile defense. The original 747 used engine technology designed for military aircraft.

The YAL-1 Airborne Laser (ABL) is designed to shoot down ballistic missiles, but Boeing is looking to expand its portfolio to include more conventional targets, such as aircraft and cruise missiles.

A second attempt to shoot down a ballistic missile using the Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser testbed failed on Oct. 21 when the system did not transition from tracking the target missile’s rocket ...

Case in point are the millions of research and development funding that were sank into ambitious ideas like the scrapped Boeing YAL-1 laser-equipped jet and the de-funded FEL laser.

ABL FIZZLES: Another attempt to shoot down a ballistic missile using the Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser Test Bed failed Oct. 21 when the system did not transition from tracking the target missile’s ...