A jaw-dropping new photo shows the US Navy firing off a drone-destroying laser weapon — dubbed “Helios” — from one of its warships. The undated image, which was published in the US Center for ...

It seems like something out of science fiction, but it's fact: America's new military laser is showing it can shoot down ...

The destroyer Preble successfully test-fired its HELIOS system on a drone target, according to a recently released report.

An AI-generated video, based on an official photograph, showing the U.S. Navy testing a directed energy weapon from a naval ...

The High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) is a weapon system developed by Lockheed Martin capable of engaging targets at the speed of light. The system can ...

The USS Preble is the only U.S. destroyer armed with the HELIOS, which can fire laser beams to destroy fast attack craft and drones.

The US Navy has successfully tested its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system on one of its warships. The test, which took place in 2024, is a major ...

SNLWS Increment 1 is called HELIOS, an acronym meaning high-energy laser with integrated optical dazzler and surveillance. The HELIOS effort is focused on rapid development and rapid fielding of a 60 ...

AFP The U.S. Navy successfully tested its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Preble last year ...

In addition to being used as a destructive laser, the weapon can act as an optical dazzler in a bid to disrupt intelligence and reconnaissance sensors. The United Kingdom successfully tested its ...

(DOT&E) The U.S. Navy successfully tested its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance, or HELIOS, system on one of its warships in fiscal 2024, according to a recently ...