“We ARE putting them on our ships.”
One laser, on one ship, if I’m not mistaken.
That’s a test case, buddy.
Well duh. Not going to do anything wide scale until it is proved out. Projects take a long time. If something is deployed as a proof of concept then you can bet there are smaller better versions on the drawing boards or going into prototypes. That is how the development cycle works. There is always a gap between what some company is starting to mess with and what is in production and what is in regular service. Each of those intervals is months or years depending on the complexity of the system. So no, if a company is starting to play with them on drones it does not follow that it should already be installed everywhere else.