The YAL-1A is a converted Boeing 747 created by the Missile Defense Agency and outfitted with a chemical oxygen iodine laser. WSJ's Nathan Hodge reports.

The United States conducted its own research into an airborne laser. The program that produced an experimental combat aircraft, Boeing YAL-1, was curtailed at the end of 2011.

The United States, too, worked on an airborne laser for some time. The program produced an experimental combat plane Boeing YAL-1 only to be curtailed. Axios reported earlier, citing sources ...

Reports of lasers illegally pointed at aircrafts in flight rose to a new high in 2023, the latest spike in a series of steady increases during the past decade. Laser strikes reported to the ...

One person was arrested in the incident, according to the news release. Shining a laser into an aircraft cockpit is a federal crime that could lead to 20 years in prison, as well as a $250,000 ...

Aircraft laser strike reports soared to a record high in 2023, jumping 40% from the previous year, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday. "The FAA takes this threat very seriously ...

involved a AS-350 helicopter. An unnamed individual now faces felony state charges related to aiming a laser at the aircraft. "When laser beams are aimed at any piloted aircraft, whether military ...