An incredible image buried deep in an annual military report released last month shows the U.S. Navy ... weapon was fired. The High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance ...

but the laser isn't the weapon. 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 ...

“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 ...

Preble is the service’s first destroyer to be equipped with the 60-kilowatt directed energy laser system. While only a few of the Navy’s vessels feature the new weapon, experts expect HELIOS ...

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 ...

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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 ...

In late 2024, the US Navy tested the HELIOS laser weapon system with the USS Preble destroyer against a threat-representative cruise missile, Naval News reported on February 4. Fu Qianshao ...

This image, released by the U.S. Office of the Director, Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), shows the U.S. Navy successfully testing a high-energy laser weapon mounted on one of ... a programme established ...

The undated image shows the U.S. Navy testing a weapon system known as HELIOS from the USS Preble destroyer in the middle of the ocean. The demo was “to verify and validate the functionality, ...