The USS Preble, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, has become the first ship in the American fleet to be equipped with the HELIOS system. This modern laser weapon combines the ability to destroy ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — A guided-missile destroyer equipped with a high-energy laser ... weapon’s effectiveness at sea. Sailors in dress whites manned the rails Saturday as the USS Preble ...

The photo of the laser weapon in action was published in ... shows the U.S. Navy testing a weapon system known as HELIOS from the USS Preble destroyer in the middle of the ocean.

A U.S. warship, which is currently deployed in the Western Pacific Ocean, was pictured firing its laser at a drone target last week. The destroyer, USS ... The Preble's 60-kilowatt laser weapon ...

A jaw-dropping new photo shows the US Navy firing off a drone-destroying laser weapon — dubbed Helios — from one ... technology being fired from the USS Preble destroyer in the middle of ...

Combining a high-energy laser with an ... 2024 test aboard the USS Preble seems to have breathed new life into the U.S. Navy’s race to fully develop this technology. HELIOS was awarded the ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The U.S. Navy’s only guided-missile destroyer equipped with a directed energy weapon is on its way to join the U.S. 7th Fleet in Japan. The USS Preble left its ...

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 ...

The remarkable picture shows the USS Preble (DDG-88) deploying its formidable HELIOS laser system out ... It is also the first advanced laser weapon integrated with the Aegis combat system.

This laser weapon is called the HELIOS laser system. It was fired from the USS Preble Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. This weapon has been specifically designed to counter threats from drones.