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 and ...

Combining a high-energy laser with an optical dazzler, HELIOS can both destroy and disable threats, as well as disrupt enemy sensors. Today, the United States finds itself living in a world that its ...

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-Energy ...

The Navy has now taken possession of a half-dozen new laser weapons for integration onto surface warships, officials said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Surface Navy Association’s annual conference in ...

The United States Navy (the Navy) has reported testing its High-Energy Laser with an Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system to take out an aerial target drone. The test was ...

The US Navy has made a groundbreaking leap in defense technology with the public demonstration of its new HELIOS laser weapon system, capable of shooting down drones and other threats at the speed of ...