USS Preble is the service’s first destroyer to be equipped with the HELIOS 60-kilowatt directed energy laser system. A ...

The Navy's High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-dazzler ... Read more: 10 Terrifying War Drones That Give Us Chills HELIOS was first installed as a 60-plus-kilowatt laser in August 2022 ...

A handout file picture from the US Navy showing the USS Harry ... attack crafts and drones using powerful laser beams. HELIOS system development The navy's Center for Countermeasures conducted ...

“the U.S. Navy has not released any videos of High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system demonstration on USS Preble (DDG 88).” The weapon is still ...

The US Navy demonstrated its new HELIOS laser weapon that intercepts enemy drones, missiles, and sensors. The Pentagon’s annual Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) report shows the ...

The HELIOS laser weapon system being fired from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble. (CCM via SWNS) By Dean Murray The Navy has shown off its jaw-dropping new laser weapon.

The US Navy has unveiled its impressive new laser weapon, the HELIOS system. An internal military report released in January features the HELIOS system in action aboard a warship, highlighting ...

The United States Navy (the Navy) has reported testing its High-Energy Laser with an Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system to take out an aerial target drone. The test was ...

The USS Preble successfully test fires the HELIOS directed-energy weapon at an unmanned aerial drone at an unreported time and location in 2024. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Defense ...

That's finally changing, though. The Army's high energy laser program is moving forward, and the U.S. Navy has been testing its HELIOS system on the USS Preble (DDG 88). The Navy's High Energy ...

The Navy has shown off its jaw-dropping new laser weapon. The HELIOS system can be seen firing from a warship in an internal military report, published in January, showcasing the latest ...