NORFOLK, Va. (Jun. 19, 2017) Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) send a message to the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) during a test the Office of Naval Research (ONR) TechSolutions-sponsored Flashing Light to Text Converter (FLTC). Using the ship's existing signal lamp outfitted with a camera and liquid crystal shutter, the FLTC both sends and receives optical lamp communications via an intuitive chat session on a tablet computer. (

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