Lockheed delivers airborne laser LANCE to Air Force Research Lab
LANCE is the laser weapon system part of the Air Force's SHiELD program.
LANCE is the laser weapon system part of the Air Force's SHiELD program.
Lockheed is as close to an incumbent as you get in the rapidly evolving world of high-energy fiber lasers. Raytheon, by contrast, only recently made a big play for laser weapons, but they can draw on their experience with lower-powered but exquisitely tuned laser sensors.