FedEx Seeks FAA Permission to Add Laser-Based Anti-Missile System on Select Cargo Planes

According to the latest published federal documents, transport and logistics giant FedEx has asked for permission from Federal Aviation Administration to add lasers that will offset heat-seeking missiles. There’s a growing concern, which have been fueled by international incidents, that man-portable air-defence systems can be a threat to civilian flights, according to a filing by the FAA. Furthermore, many companies have developed and designed systems that can adapt these systems that employ a laser-based missile-defence system that can avert heat-seeking missiles by directing the infrared later energy toward such a threat in an effort to interrupt the tracking of the aircraft’s heat. Moreover, the FAA has said that before such approval can be made, it must prove that it is a legitimate means to prevent the inadvertent activation of the system on the ground.