
The head of the Navy Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren said at a panel during the Surface Navy Association’s annual symposium on Wednesday that integrating a laser weapon across a ship is “easier said than done.”Capt. Godfrey Weekes said a high energy laser weapon is not fully effective unless it is fully integrated across the ship and combat system, but there are numerous hurdles to get past.He said that by definition any environment in which the Navy is operating is…