U.S. Navy HELIOS laser test underscores greater advancements ...
2 days ago · 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.
US Navy successfully tests HELIOS laser weapon. All about it ...
1 day ago · The US Navy has been advancing its directed energy weapons technology, and the High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) is at the forefront of these developments. Developed by Lockheed Martin, HELIOS represents a leap forward in directed-energy weapons, designed to neutralise threats such as drones, fast ...
Incredible image captures US Navy testing its new laser weapon
1 day 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 hits drone with HELIOS laser in successful test
1 day 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
HELIOS constitutes one facet of the Navy’s directed energy ambitions, which are now set to eventually include high-power microwave-based systems as well. Fellow destroyers, including the USS Dewey and USS Stockdale, are now equipped with the less powerful Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy (ODIN).
NDTV Explainer: The US Navy's HELIOS Laser Weapon Test
1 day ago · The US Navy has successfully tested its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system on one of its warships. The test, which took place in 2024, is a major ...
US Navy’s Burke-Class Destroyer Unleashes HELIOS Laser in ...
2 days ago · 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.