The High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) is a weapon system developed by Lockheed Martin capable of engaging targets at the speed of light. The system can ...

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 for ...

High-power laser shoots down drones. Israel’s Ministry of Defense developed experimental prototypes as part of an accelerated ...

The Director, Operational Test and Evaluation The Preble's 60-kilowatt laser weapon can work as a dazzler ... which developed the HELIOS, said in a press release: "HELIOS enhances the overall ...

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 ...

In other words, the HELIOS is a laser weapon. What’s more, the HELIOS system is a response to the dangerous trends in modern warfare that the Ukraine War has highlighted: notably, what the ...

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 Navy’s top officer revealed a laser weapon installed on a destroyer to test an ability to disable drones and small boats has had problems in testing ...

HELIOS, which stands for High Energy Laser ... It is also the first advanced laser weapon integrated with the Aegis combat system. This allows it to track, engage, and neutralise threats with ...

“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 ...