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

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 ...

HELIOS was first installed as a 60-plus-kilowatt laser in August 2022, making it the first high-energy tactical laser system on a U.S. naval vessel.

USS Preble is the service’s first destroyer to be equipped with the HELIOS 60-kilowatt directed energy laser system. A stunning image from earlier this month depicting the U.S. Navy’s High ...

The Helios weapon, which uses a 60 kW high-energy laser that can engage targets at the speed of light, is an advanced directed energy system developed for the US by Lockheed Martin.

In October 2024, the USS Preble, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, was equipped with the HELIOS laser weapon system. Based out of Yokosuka, Japan and assigned to the U.S.

A FUTURISTIC drone-destroying laser has been seen firing from a US Navy warship in an incredible declassified image. The remarkable picture shows the USS Preble (DDG-88) deploying its formidable HE… ...

In this undated photo provided by the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, the destroyer USS Preble fires a laser beam against an unmanned aerial vehicle target at an undisclosed location.

In this undated photo from fiscal 2024, the Preble fires its HELIOS system during weapons testing. (DOT&E) The U.S. Navy successfully tested its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler ...

The USS Preble is the first U.S. Navy vessel equipped with HELIOS, a 60-kilowatt-class directed energy laser weapon developed by Lockheed Martin. It is also the first laser weapon integrated with the ...