MDA Continues Working With Navy For Solid-State Laser Solution

By Lee Hudson / January 2, 2015 at 9:00 AM
The Missile Defense Agency continues working with the Navy on developing a solid-state laser for both agencies, although the weapon will have different characteristics for each, according to a top military official. MDA Director Vice Adm. James Syring told Inside the Navy Dec. 15 after his presentation at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington that the technology the Navy and MDA are developing is the same but the problems each organization is trying to solve are...

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