“This is my goal: If it’s in line of sight of a ship, the first solution that we’re using is directed energy.” This is a quote by Adm. Daryl Caudle, and it sums up the reason the U.S. Navy destroyer ...

Four drones had been shot down, and a long-standing promise of the Navy was made the more difficult to ignore. At-sea in 2025, the destroyer USS Preble was demonstrating its High-Energy Laser with ...

The Navy sees HELIOS and other directed energy weapons as critical capabilities, but has faced persistent challenges in ...

Lockheed Martin’s “HELIOS” anti-drone laser passed a recent test with flying colors, according to CEO Jim Taiclet.

The US Navy has confirmed that a frontline destroyer has successfully used a ship-mounted laser weapon to defeat multiple ...

In this undated photo from fiscal 2024, the Preble fires its HELIOS system during weapons testing. (DOT&E) The U.S. Navy successfully tested its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and ...

The Lockheed Martin -developed HELIOS shipboard laser system was successfully tested at sea against four drones, the company ...

USS Preble is the service’s first destroyer to be equipped with the HELIOS 60-kilowatt directed energy laser system. A stunning image from earlier this month depicting the U.S. Navy’s High-Energy ...

During its Pacific patrol last year, the USS Preble successfully shot down an unmanned aerial target using its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system.

Social media users are claiming a video shows the USS Preble firing a laser weapon. One user wrote, “The US Navy released a clip of the USS Preble firing a HELIOS laser weapon. The High Energy Laser ...