{"id":59057,"date":"2021-10-11T18:48:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T18:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/10\/11\/lockheed-delivers-laser-for-ac-130j-gunship\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:24:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:24:37","slug":"lockheed-delivers-laser-for-ac-130j-gunship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/10\/11\/lockheed-delivers-laser-for-ac-130j-gunship\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockheed delivers laser for AC-130J gunship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/10\/25\/meet-the-air-force-s-ultimate-battle-plane-and-your-new-close-air-support\/\" target=\"_blank\">AC-130J Ghostrider<\/a> gunship just got a step closer to getting its laser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockheed Martin said in an Oct. 6 release it has finished factory acceptance testing for its Airborne High Energy Laser and has delivered the laser to the Air Force to be integrated with other systems, ground tested, and then flight tested on its newest gunship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ghostrider \u2014 the fourth generation and latest model of the Air Force\u2019s AC-130 series of gunships \u2014 is already heavily armed with 30mm and 105mm cannons and AGM-176A Griffin missiles and has the ability to carry Hellfire missiles and GBU-39 small-diameter bombs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But for years, the Air Force has been musing about the possibility of further arming the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2015\/09\/23\/lasers-could-be-mounted-on-aircraft-by-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\">gunship with a laser<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now-retired Lt. 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He told reporters at that 2015 conference he wanted a laser-armed AC-130 by the end of the decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In early 2019, Lockheed was awarded the contract to integrate, test and demonstrate the laser subsystem on the AC-130J.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCompletion of this milestone is a tremendous accomplishment for our customer,\u201d Rick Cordaro, vice president of Lockheed Martin Advanced Product Solutions, said in the Oct. 6 release. \u201cThese mission success milestones are a testament of our partnership with the U.S. Air Force in rapidly achieving important advances in laser weapon system development. 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