Laser air defense eyed for commercial aircraft
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If a terrorist fires a surface-to-air missile at a civilian airliner, should the plane be able to shoot back?
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Jumbo wants pork The Airborne Laser, the US Missile Defence programme's raygun-equipped jumbo jet, is to visit Washington tonight in an attempt to drum up support on Capitol Hill.â¦
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Teams led by BAE Systems and Northrup Grumman were chosen Wednesday to build and test prototypes for anti-missile systems to defend US commercial planes against shoulder-fired rockets.
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Blasters aren't a reality yet, but the military is funding research into lasers that can destroy incoming rockets and bomb-laden Jet Skis.
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Investigators on Monday were trying to determine how two new aircraft equipped with the latest anti-collision technology clipped each other in flight. A crash that followed killed 155 people, the nation's worst air disaster.
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Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta announced changes Wednesday to the way pilots report lasers being beamed at airplanes &#151; a response to a rash of such incidents in recent weeks.
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The FBI is investigating seven incidents of lasers apparently being directed at planes that were preparing to land at airports around the United States over the last six days, a federal official said Thursday.
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WASHINGTON -- At least a dozen cases of lasers being beamed into aircraft cockpits since Christmas are being investigated by the FBI. The lasers can temporarily blind pilots.
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Counterterrorism officials are beefing up security at Los Angeles International Airport to protect jetliners from terrorists armed with shoulder-launched missiles.
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Northrop Grumman Corp. NOC.N and  BAE Systems PLC BA.L were tapped by the Bush administration  on Wednesday to develop competing systems to protect U.S.  commercial aircraft from shoulder-fired missiles, a potential  multibillion-dollar market.
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sakshale writes &quot;In an earlier discussion about Laser Pistols, many people argued about the concept of using them to target pilots of airliners.
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Defense contractor tests system designed to protect airliners from laser-guided shoulder-fired missiles.
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The Transportation Security Administration has announced a series of IT-based pilot programs to bolster airport security, but lawmakers and industry executives are frustrated by a lack of progress in deploying needed technologies.
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To defend against future attacks, airports may soon get new tools to help ID hidden explosives
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Raygun lorries to beam enemy shells out of the sky US arms and aerospace manufacturer Boeing announced on Friday that it had landed a contract to develop truck-mounted laser cannons for the US Army.â¦
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FBI agents are probing reports that a US commercial jet was tracked by a laser beam on approach to an airport in Cleveland, Ohio, this week.
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The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has started investigation into seven incidents in which laser beams were directed into plane cockpits since Christmas, media reports in Washington said Thursday.