TIC TAC TECH - Laser-Propelled Transatmospheric Vehicles - A History

Laser-induced air spike for advanced transatmospheric vehicles
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.1994-2451

Flight experiments and evolutionary development of a laser-propelled transatmospheric vehicle
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/3343/0000/Flight-experiments-and-evolutionary-development-of-a-laser-propelled-transatmospheric/10.1117/12.321600.short?SSO=1

Flights of a Laser-Powered Lightcraft During Lser Beam Hand-Off Experiments.
https://ntrl.ntis.gov/NTRL/dashboard/searchResults/titleDetail/ADA405247.xhtml

Higher burning: The Air Launched Sortie Vehicle of the 1980s
Early origins of the ALSV
https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4161/1