FORT WORTH — A prototype U.S. commercial airliner equipped with the military’s laser-based technology as protection from terrorists armed with heat-seeking missiles took its first test flight at Alliance Airport on Thursday morning.
Just before noon, the American Airlines 767 passed several times over the airfield as engineers watched. Integrated into the plane’s fuselage, near the tail, were electronic sensors that watched the ground for signs of missiles being fired. A laser emitter smaller than a dime and mounted on a small turret stood by, ready to rotate to a target and, if necessary, send out an invisible, infrared burst to disorient a missile’s guidance system.
It’s the newest attempt to shift U.S. military technology into the commercial sector, and the viability of such a system depends on whether scientists can make it fit seamlessly into the low-cost, high-turnaround world of passenger jets.
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