Incredible image captures US Navy testing its new laser weapon
6 days ago · 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 ...
U.S. Navy’s laser weapon test on USS Preble: A game-changer in …
5 days ago · The U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) has successfully tested the High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system, a 60-kilowatt-class directed energy …
U.S. Navy HELIOS laser test underscores greater advancements in ...
Feb 4, 2025 · The U.S. Navy’s High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system faced its first airborne target during a test in 2024, a first-time for the HELIOS program that will help the U.S. Navy inform other programs under the Directed Energy and Electric Weapon System effort.
High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and …
The High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) is a Lockheed Martin-developed 300 kilowatt high-energy laser weapon designed to intercept combat drones, fast-attack craft, and missiles. [1] After winning the contract in 2018, the first announced installation was on the USS Preble (DDG-88) in 2019. [2] By 2021 it was reportedly deployed onto an Arleigh Burke ...
US Navy’s Burke-Class Destroyer Unleashes HELIOS Laser in …
Feb 4, 2025 · The US Navy has demonstrated the power of its cutting-edge HELIOS laser weapon aboard an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer during an undated sea trial. In a striking new photo featured in the Pentagon’s annual Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) report , the USS Preble was seen firing the high-energy weapon at an unidentified target.
HELIOS: US tests laser weapons that can fry enemy drone 5 miles …
Feb 5, 2025 · 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.
US Navy hits drone with HELIOS laser in successful test
Feb 4, 2025 · 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 ...
Incredible photo shows US Navy using laser weapon dubbed ‘Helios…
Feb 4, 2025 · 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...
More Than a Laser, HELIOS is an Integrated Weapon System
The High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, or HELIOS, provides the U.S. Navy with game-changing directed energy capability through integration of high energy laser and optical dazzler technology into the ship and combat system.
Navy Destroyer Adds HELIOS Laser to Arsenal - National Defense …
Oct 19, 2022 · The Navy received its first high-energy laser with integrated optical-dazzler and surveillance, or HELIOS, system in the third quarter of fiscal year 2022 from manufacturer Lockheed Martin, according to the company.