The Navy is planning to install a 150-kilowatt laser aboard one of its Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the next step in demonstrating directed-energy technology after the service deployed a lower-power system on an amphibious assault ship. Officials are taking lessons from deploying the 30-kilowatt Laser Weapon System (LaWS) on the Afloat Forward Staging Base (ASFB) Ponce and determining how to scale up to a 150-kilowatt system for one of its DDG-51-class destroyers, Navy acquisition chief Sean Stackley told lawmakers during a...
