Anti-Missile Laser Gets Funding
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Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2000
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (UPI) – The ambitious program to develop an anti-missile
laser system to be based in Earth's orbit received $97 million in new
funding Monday for continuation of design work.
Team SBL-IFX (Space-Based Laser Integrated Flight Experiment), a joint
venture of Boeing, TRW and Lockheed Martin, received the funding from the
Air Force Space & Missile Command at Los Angeles Air Force Base.
The award covers the so-called Increment 2 design work started in May 1999
and aimed at developing a satellite capable of carrying a laser weapon into
space by the 2012 target date.
"Team SBL-IFX is continuing to make solid progress identifying and
refining the requirements, design and manufacturing technologies needed to
meet the size, weight, cost and performance requirements of the SBL-IFX
program," Barry Waldman, director of Team SBL-IFX, said in a release.
Increment 2 also includes further refinement of the laser itself as well
as its control systems.
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