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ONR Chief: Next Challenge in Energy Efficiency is Shipboard Systems

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ONR Chief: Next Challenge in Energy Efficiency is Shipboard Systems
The Laser Weapon System (LaWS) currently installed aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) is a technology demonstrator built from commercial fiber solid-state lasers strung together and controlled and directed onto targets by an MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon System. The LaWS will deploy on the USS Ponce this summer in the Persian Gulf for further testing. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–As the Navy and Marine Corps look to integrate energy weapons into their arsenals, the services may need to make their ship systems more efficient to match the high-efficiency energy sources being developed to power the weapons. Rear Adm. Matt Klunder, director of the Office of Naval Research, said at the Navy League’s annual Sea Air Space conference on Tuesday that the sea services are leading the way in energy efficiency and have come a long way in…

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