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.

Late last year, the U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG-88) conducted a test of its ...

In 2014, the US Navy installed its first prototype SSL (solid state laser) capable of countering surface craft and unmanned ...

The destroyer Preble successfully test-fired its HELIOS system on a drone target, according to a recently released report.

The Navy has shown off its jaw-dropping new laser weapon. The HELIOS system can be seen firing from a warship in an internal ...

The USS Preble is the only U.S. destroyer armed with the HELIOS, which can fire laser beams to destroy fast attack craft and drones.

The USS Preble is the first U.S. Navy vessel equipped with HELIOS, a 60-kilowatt-class directed energy laser weapon developed ...