Missile Defense Agency Opens New Airborne Laser Office

On Feb. 5, the Missile Defense Agency dedicated a new office at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., to house the Airborne Laser program (see GSN, Sept 3, 2003).

The $2.1 billion program, designed to destroy enemy ballistic missiles shortly after launch, began as an Air Force program in 1996, and then was taken over by the MDA in October 2001.

“We have grown over the last couple of years, and we were forced to be in about four different locations around the base just in order for us to have enough room for everybody,” Air Force Col. Ellen Pawlikowski said. “By being consolidated in this new building it allows us to work better as a team,” she said (Space and Missile, Feb. 17).

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