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

That system is the High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS). In other words, the HELIOS is a laser weapon. HELIOS was put on display by the United States Navy.

Ever since lasers were invented in 1960, defense contractors and servicemembers have dreamed of shooting things out of the sky with them. Lasers are used all the time in targeting, from the ...

“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 image can be found in this report. The HELIOS laser weapon was developed by Lockheed Martin and is meant to be a “multi-mission” weapons system.

HELIOS system development The navy's Center for ... The Preble's 60-kilowatt laser weapon can blind intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors mounted on drones and offer long-range ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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.