US Navy Deploys First Destroyer with Counter-UAS Laser

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US Navy Deploys First Destroyer with Counter-UAS Laser
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February 21, 2020 9
 

The U.S. Navy recently installed the first Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy (ODIN), a laser weapon system that allows a ship to counter unmanned aerial systems. The first system was installed on the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105), during her recently completed Dry-Docking Selected Restricted Availability.

ODIN’s development, testing and production was done by Navy subject matter experts at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division in support of Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems. Their work on the laser weapon system known as LaWS, positioned them to be designated as the design and production agent for ODIN.

https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-deploys-first-destroyer-with-counter-uas-laser-74167/

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March 7, 2020

Could Naval Lasers Be The Solution To China's Hypersonic Missile Threat?

Lasers are changing the game.
by Kris Osborn

(Washington, D.C.) Enemy drones over the ocean could track and surveil U.S. Navy ships, designate targets for aircraft or maritime attacks, or even fire dangerous weapons themselves at surface ships.
 

This reality is one of many key reasons the Navy has now installed a new counter drone “dazzler” laser weapon aboard one of its destroyers for the first time, bringing new offensive and defensive warfare possibilities to the fleet.
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The Navy’s Optical Dazzling Interdictor, or ODIN laser weapon, was installed on the USS Dewey guided missile destroyer recently, a report from Naval Sea Systems Command said.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/could-naval-lasers-be-solution-chinas-hypersonic-missile-threat-130312

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