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Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009	Laser Weapons Are Here: ATL Test Shows Ability to Attack Moving Targets Effectively From the Air The U.S. Air Force's experimental Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) hit and damaged a moving vehicle in late September in a test that demonstrated for the first time the laser weapon's ability to attack moving targets effectively.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2007 Rich Smith	Star Wars Lite Two and a half years after they brought you the world's first airborne ray gun, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman still have a few kinks to work out. But how should investors view recent governmental funding cuts?
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009	C-130-Based High-Energy Laser Weapon Defeats Ground Target in Flight Test Laser weapons experts from Boeing and the U.S. Air Force defeated a ground target from the air with the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) aircraft.
Popular Mechanics October 1, 2009 Tyghe Trimble	Advanced Tactical Laser Blasts a Stationary Target (With Video!) For years, the Pentagon's research budget has funded not one, but two planes armed with laser turrets.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 John McHale	Laser Weapons Are Getting Closer to Reality U.S. Department of Defense experts are close to fielding the Airborne Laser (ABL) for missile defense and several other high-energy laser weapons programs received new funding this year.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2009 Rich Smith	An Open Letter to Boeing Here's what the aerospace giant needs to do to straighten up and fly right.
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The Motley Fool April 22, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Boeing on the Radar In advance of quarterly reports, analysts expect Boeing to show a big jump in earnings.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009	ABL High-Power Laser Weapon Moves Toward Missile Shoot-Down Demonstration Missile defense experts fired the high-power laser aboard the Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft in flight for the first time in August, to move the airborne military laser closer to an actual missile shoot-down demonstration.
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