The following is the Oct 21, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Lasers, Railgun and Hypervelocity Projectile. Read More
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Document: Report to Congress on Navy Laser, Railgun and Hypervelocity Projectile Programs
The following is the June 17, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Lasers, Railgun and Hypervelocity Projectile. Read More
Marines To Pair Laser Weapon With Stinger Missile For Mobile Ground Unit Protection
Office of Naval Research graphic.
The Marine Corps is moving towards a future in which small dispersed units can protect themselves from incoming enemy drones with laser weapons and from missiles and aircraft with Stinger missiles, with both weapons netted into a detection system and mounted atop Humvees, Joint Light Tactical Vehicles and other combat vehicles. Read More
Navy ‘Committed’ To Directed Energy Weapons; Supporting Air Force System Development
The Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (ASB(I) 15) conducts an operational demonstration of the Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored Laser Weapon System (LaWS) while deployed to the Arabian Gulf on November 17, 2014. US Navy photo.
The Navy is “fully committed” to developing and fielding advanced directed energy weapons to deal with emerging threats and to reduce the cost per shot, the Navy’s number two officer said today. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Navy Laser, Railgun and Hypervelocity Projectile Programs
The following is the May. 25, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Lasers, Railgun and Hypervelocity Projectile: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Document: Navy Laser, Railgun and Hypervelocity Projectile Report
The following is the March 18, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Hypervelocity
Projectile: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Navy Lasers, Railgun and Hypervelocity Projectile
The following is the Nov. 6, 2015 Congressional Research Service report Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Hypervelocity Projectile: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Navy Lasers, Railgun and Hypervelocity Projectiles
The following is the Sept. 25, 2015 Congressional Research Service report Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Hypervelocity Projectile: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Navy Laser, Railgun and Hypervelocity Projectile Programs
The following is the Sept. 2, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Lasers, Railgun and Hypervelocity Projectile: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Navy Pursuing Upgraded Railgun, Higher-Power Laser Gun By 2020
One of two electromagnetic railgun prototypes on display aboard joint high speed vessel USS Millinocket (JHSV 3) in port at Naval Base San Diego on July 8, 2014. US Navy photo.
The Navy is pursuing a multi-pronged approach to fielding energy weapons by the end of the decade, with the hopes of upgrading its 30 kilowatt laser gun to 100 kw or more, and giving its electromagnetic railgun a higher repetition rate. Read More
