U.S. shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries announced this week that it will develop a new high-energy laser weapon for ...

This is the first tactical laser weapon system to be integrated into ... the lower-power Optical Dazzler Interdictor Navy (ODIN), installed on eight sister ships of the Preble, including USS ...

The laser aboard the Preble accomplished this, so with further testing, it's possible that the Navy's current close-in weapons system ... known as ODIN, doesn't try to destroy a drone, instead ...