The Navy will not procure two units of an experimental high-energy laser in fiscal year 2019 as planned, and will instead adhere to a congressional procurement fence that allows the service to buy only one unit, according to a spokesman for the Navy secretary. The service originally planned to procure two units of Lockheed Martin’s High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-dazzler with Surveillance, dubbed HELIOS, in FY-19 for installation onboard Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. Congress fenced the Navy's procurement of new...
