2nd Lt. Tyler Brewer, USAF, a laser physicist with the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., discusses how the lab’s SHiELD (Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator) program can defend aircraft with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at DoD Lab Day 2017 at the Pentagon on May 18, 2017. SHiELD aims to explore the potential of lasers in pods that can be mounted onto future aircraft.
