Historic Leap: NSWC Dahlgren Division Developed Navy Shipboard Laser Operates in Arabian Gulf > Naval Sea Systems Command > Saved News Module
![US Navy will fire 150 kilowatt laser on a test ship in 2018 and then from carriers and destroyers in 2019 | NextBigFuture.com US Navy will fire 150 kilowatt laser on a test ship in 2018 and then from carriers and destroyers in 2019 | NextBigFuture.com](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GUKpQUX__kk/WImfG5_atEI/AAAAAAABSII/iIj4jPu8t1g66xwgs6gFXK-sTNQuR8WAACLcB/s1600/SSLcomponents.png)
US Navy will fire 150 kilowatt laser on a test ship in 2018 and then from carriers and destroyers in 2019 | NextBigFuture.com
![Navy Installing More Directed Energy Weapons on DDGs, Conducting Land-Based Laser Testing This Year - USNI News Navy Installing More Directed Energy Weapons on DDGs, Conducting Land-Based Laser Testing This Year - USNI News](https://news.usni.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1.jpeg)