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Navy Cautious On Lasers Because First Program Of Record Could Cost $1 Billion, ONR Official Says

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Navy Cautious On Lasers Because First Program Of Record Could Cost $1 Billion, ONR Official Says
Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD-27) conducts a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration on a static surface training target on Dec. 14, 2021, while sailing in the Gulf of Aden. The photograph was captured utilizing a short wave infrared lens and optical filter. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps by Staff Sgt. Donald Holbert)

SAN DIEGO --An Office of Naval Research (ONR) official this week said the Navy is moving “very cautiously” on directed energy (DE) laser weapons because the eventual first program of record could cost up to $1 billion. “The Navy is definitely interested. However, they are not at this point willing to press the ka-ching machine and get a lot of cash because it’s going to be about a billion dollars, roughly give or take, to field the first true program…

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