Lasers are used all the time in targeting, from the attachments on firearms to laser-painting ... out a close-in threat. HELIOS eschews these traditional means of air defense for a more photonic ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

5 Mod 0 HELIOS spectral combined fiber laser, which can scale ... crews and multi-layered air defenses. In fact, the U.S. Navy reported it downed 70 drones, 14 anti-ship ballistic missiles ...

The USS Preble is the first U.S. Navy vessel equipped with HELIOS, a 60-kilowatt-class directed energy laser weapon developed by Lockheed ... Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Anti-aging ...

The remarkable picture shows the USS Preble (DDG-88) deploying its formidable HELIOS laser system out at sea as Washington continues to prepare in the face of incoming enemy threats. An unmanned ...

A U.S. warship, which is currently deployed in the Western Pacific Ocean, was pictured firing its laser at a drone target ... and capability" of the HELIOS against a drone. It was not clear ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — A guided-missile destroyer equipped with a high-energy laser ... like HELIOS to improve warships’ survivability against large numbers of drones and anti-ship ...