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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A man tests a laser.

Laser Inspection

Matthew Wolford, a Naval Research Laboratory research chemist, inspects an argon fluoride laser to be tested with new thicker stainless foils at the NRL in Washington, D.C., June 1, 2020.

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