Modifications to Air Force Special Operations Command's (AFSOC) fleet of AC-130 gunships means that even if a planned August test of the new Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL) system aboard an AC-130J ...

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A versatile US war plane could soon be getting a stealthy super-laser weapon to find enemy targets before too long. Lockheed Martin says it has completed initial factory acceptance testing of its AHEL ...

Lockheed Martin LMT announced on Wednesday that the U.S. Air Force had accepted its new Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL) for flight testing on an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship. “Our technology is ready ...

HURLBURT FIELD — They're not being mounted in the planes just yet, but defense contractor Lockheed Martin has delivered a new laser weapon to the Air Force. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC ...

The Air Force no longer plans on installing and operating a high-energy laser weapon on a special operations gunship due to "technical challenges," an official said, bringing the service's latest ...