
The Navy’s newest San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, the USS Portland (LPD-27), is planned to test a new laser demonstrator as early as this fall and will also serve as the flagship in the 2018 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, an official said today.The Portland, built by Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding, is currently undergoing post-delivery tests and trials and combat systems qualifications while sailing to its home port of San Diego, Capt. Brian Metcalf, program manager for…