Defense lawmakers rejected several Navy reprogramming requests that would have funded a consulting group for surface warfare reforms, supported developing a high-energy laser and financed an effort related to investigating physiological episodes occurring within the F/A-18 and E/A-18 fleets. The rejections were documented in a congressional response to the July "omnibus" reprogramming request. The Navy requested $31.6 million be shifted to develop a High-Energy Laser and Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance weapon system -- dubbed HELIOS. "A shortfall was...
