| Guests attending the grand opening ceremony of the Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory (DESIL) at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu on Dec. 3. DESIL will serve as the Navy’s only dedicated facility for complex testing, firing and evaluating complete laser weapons in a maritime environment and has line-of-sight to the Point Mugu Sea Range and its 36,000 square miles of controlled air and sea space that is expandable to more than 220,000 square miles. (U.S. Navy Photo by Dana Rene White/Released). |
