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Acting CNO: Need To Be More Sure Of Laser Output Before Going All-In, F/A-XX At Higher Levels

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Acting CNO: Need To Be More Sure Of Laser Output Before Going All-In, F/A-XX At Higher Levels
Artist rendering of Lockheed Martin's HELIOS laser weapons system used on an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. (Image: Lockheed Martin)

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Navy’s top officer said he is not ready “to go all-in yet” on laser weapons without a more sure output while the Navy’s next-generation fighter is working its way through higher level decisions. While the Arleigh Burke-class USS Preble (DDG-88) has been testing the Lockheed Martin [LMT] High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS), “I'm not ready to go all in yet on buying these things until I can have a relatively sure…

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