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Navy Aims To Field Laser Weapon On Destroyer In FY 2020

By Marc Selinger

Wednesday, March 29th, 2017

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Navy Aims To Field Laser Weapon On Destroyer In FY 2020

The LaWS successfully took out a boat and aerial drone in demonstration testing. Photo: Navy

The U.S. Navy plans to develop and install a 60-kilowatt laser weapon system on an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer (DDG-51) and begin deploying it in fiscal year 2020, according to a recent request for information (RFI) on industry capabilities.The laser, called the Surface Navy Laser Weapon System (SNLWS), could be used to counter such threats as unmanned aerial vehicles and fast-attack boats, the March 7 RFI says. The SNLWS will be placed on a destroyer that has the existing Flight…

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