The first aircraft equipped with a system to launch lasers was a modified Boeing 747, but was not very successful to say and the project was shelved. Still, the idea still stands and the DARPA people still looking for a way to make this work. He is currently working on two projects: the High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System (HELLADS) and Aero-Adaptive/Aero-Optic Beam Control (ABC).HELLADS, you can see up here is a 150kW system that...
