The US Navy has officially unveiled its latest and most powerful addition to its arsenal,the HELIOS laser weapon. After more ...

The weapon will go to sea with a guided missile destroyer assigned to the Pacific Fleet in two years' time, the Navy says. The service placed an order for HELIOS in January 2019.

The Preble is the only U.S. destroyer armed with a high-energy laser weapon, the High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS), which can fire laser beams to destroy ...

USS Preble is the service’s first destroyer to be equipped with the HELIOS 60-kilowatt directed energy laser system. ... its own high-powered laser weapon, against aerial targets.

An incredible image buried deep in an annual military report released last month shows the U.S. Navy test-firing a high-powered laser weapon at a drone target from one of its warships.. The photo ...

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 ...

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 ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — A guided-missile destroyer equipped with a high-energy laser joined the U.S. 7th Fleet over the weekend to begin testing the weapon’s effectiveness at sea.

The Navy installed a 60-kilowatt laser weapon on the destroyer the USS Preble in August 2022. The Air Force is developing high-energy lasers on aircraft for defensive and offensive missions. In 2010, ...

A full laser weapon system combines a power supply with a beam of directed light energy, sensors for targeting and tracking, and likely (for ground use) a vehicle to move the whole component around.

In 2022 the Navy fielded a 60-KW laser made by Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin called HELIOS on another destroyer, the Preble, that’s capable of destroying drones and outboard motors on small boats.

DragonFire Laser Weapon Will Equip Royal Navy Warships From 2027. ... For an instance,the HMS Diamond Type 45 destroyer, one of the British ships involved in operations in the Red Sea, ...