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.
U.S. Navy’s laser weapon test on USS Preble: A game-changer in …
4 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 laser weapon developed by Lockheed Martin. HELIOS represents a significant shift in naval defense, offering virtually unlimited …
Incredible image captures US Navy testing its new laser weapon
5 days ago · 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 ...
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.
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.
US Navy hits drone with HELIOS laser in successful test
6 days ago · The U.S. Navy successfully tested its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance, or HELIOS, system on one of its warships in fiscal 2024, according to a recently released ...
Navy HELIOS Laser Aboard USS Preble Zaps Drone In Latest Test
Feb 4, 2025 · The Navy has disclosed that the Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Preble successfully test-fired its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance system to take out an aerial target drone in Fiscal Year 2024. It was the latest major demonstration of the surface fleet’s shipboard laser ambitions, even as other U.S. military …
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.
Lockheed Martin Delivers HELIOS Laser Weapon System to U.S. Navy
Aug 18, 2022 · Lockheed Martin delivered to the U.S. Navy a 60+ kW-class high energy laser with integrated optical-dazzler and surveillance (HELIOS), the first tactical laser weapon system to be integrated into existing ships and provide directed energy capability to the fleet.
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Aug 18, 2022 · Lockheed Martin Delivers Integrated Multi-Mission Laser Weapon System to the Navy HELIOS, a transformational new laser weapon system, provides directed energy capability to the Navy fleet. Image courtesy Lockheed Martin.
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