Artist’s concept of a HELIOS laser system aboard a U.S. destroyer. Lockheed Martin Image
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the next two years, the Navy wants to deploy a laser aboard a guided-missile destroyer as the service learns to integrate directed energy weapon systems on warships, the Navy’s director of surface warfare said on Wednesday. Read More
Guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG-105) transits the Pacific Ocean while underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. US Navy Photo
Last summer USS Dewey (DDG-105) fired 20 hyper velocity projectiles (HVP) from a standard Mk 45 5-inch deck gun in a quiet experiment that’s set to add new utility to the weapon found on almost every U.S. warship, officials familiar with the test have told USNI News. Read More
The following is the Oct. 23, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Gun-Launched Guided Projectile: Background and Issues for
Congress. Read More
High-speed camera image of the Office of Naval Research Electromagnetic Railgun located at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, firing a world-record setting 33 mega-joule shot in 2010. ONR Photo
THE PENTAGON – The Navy’s next large surface combatant will have all the space, weight and power margins the sea service could need now and into the future to accommodate new weapons in development – but the director of surface warfare said the Navy would not accelerate weapons development to get them ready in time to outfit the new ships. Read More
The following is the Aug. 1, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Lasers, Railgun and Hypervelocity Projectile. Read More
The following is the May 18, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Gun-Launched Guided Projectile: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
The following is the Feb. 12, 2018 Congressional Research Service report. Read More
The following is the Nov. 30, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Lasers, Railgun and Hypervelocity Projectile. Read More
The following is the Aug. 14, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Lasers, Railgun and Hypervelocity Projectile. Read More
The following is the June 9, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Lasers, Railgun and Hypervelocity Projectile. Read More
