Light sabre: US Navy HELIOS award set to bring laser weapons into the fleet

摘要

The US Navy (USN) plans to fit a first 'productionised' and fully integrated ship- borne high-energy laser weapon system on a DDG-51 Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer in 2020 after selecting Lockheed Martin's Acu-light business for development of the High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-dazzler with Surveillance (HELIOS) system.