The Boeing YAL-1 airborne laser testbed was a modified Boeing 747-400F with a megawatt-class chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL) mounted inside. It was...
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as a target simulator for flight testing the Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser. On March 15, 2007, the YAL-1 successfully fired this laser in flight, hitting...
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Yal, or YAL, can mean: Boeing YAL-1, a US Air Force test aircraft for anti-missile laser development Yāḻ, an ancient Tamil harp YAL, the IATA code for...
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platform, as in the: Soviet/Russian Beriev A-60 (1981, active) American Boeing YAL-1 (2002-2012, scrapped) An American modified NKC-135A unit (1975-1984,...
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Skyfox Boeing–Saab T-7 Red Hawk Boeing 737 AEW&C (E-7 Wedgetail) Boeing Model 42 Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser Boeing E-3 Sentry (an Airborne Early Warning...
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Airbus and Boeing Related development Boeing YAL-1 Boeing 747-8 747 Supertanker Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Boeing 777-300ER Airbus...
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I" & 63-8050 NKC-135B "Big Crow II" used as airborne targets for the Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser carrier. KC-135Q KC-135As modified to carry JP-7 fuel...
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replace the Boeing E-4 NAOC. Five 747-8Is were purchased from Korean Air for conversion, with the contract calling for nine in total. YAL-1 – This was...
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director turret for targeting lidar (twenty years later, Boeing used a similar concept in the YAL-1 test platform, although for the main laser, not targeting)...
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laser List of laser articles Advanced tactical laser Airborne laser Boeing YAL-1 High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System (HELLADS) Skyguard Peresvet...
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