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

Navy budget documents for FY25 indicate that HELIOS will next attempt to strike ... The High Energy Laser Counter Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Project, known as HELCAP, will bring 300+ kW of power ...

A Navy spokesperson said it has not released any videos showing the testing of the laser ... permanently deployed on ships, the spokesperson added. No other photos of HELIOS are available in ...

HELIOS system development The navy's Center for ... Additionally, a 150-kilowatt Laser Weapon System Demonstrator is installed on a San Antonio-class amphibious transport ship.

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 ...

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 country has not yet made any official announcement of ship-borne laser weapons. In late 2024, the US Navy tested the HELIOS laser weapon system with the USS Preble destroyer against a threat ...

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 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 ...

HELIOS, developed by Lockheed Martin, is a tactical laser capable of targeting aerial threats with precision. Delivered to the Navy in August 2022, it became the first directed-energy weapon to be ...