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Next Navy Amphib Will Feature Laser Weapon Demo, Chosen As Flagship For RIMPAC 2018

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Next Navy Amphib Will Feature Laser Weapon Demo, Chosen As Flagship For RIMPAC 2018
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. Photo: U.S. Navy.

The Navy’s newest San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, the USS Portland (LPD-27), is planned to test a new laser demonstrator as early as this fall and will also serve as the flagship in the 2018 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, an official said today.The Portland, built by Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding, is currently undergoing post-delivery tests and trials and combat systems qualifications while sailing to its home port of San Diego, Capt. Brian Metcalf, program manager for…

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