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. Rada MP calls ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Kalispell man received prison time Thursday for aiming a laser pointer at an airplane flying over the city in 2023. U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen handed down a two-and-a-half-year ...

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 ...

NEWARK — A Colts Neck man has been charged with aiming a laser beam at an aircraft during the height of the drone panic in December, said acting U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna. James M. Pedone ...