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 ...

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 ...

The Preble is the only U.S. warship outfitted with the High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, or HELIOS, system. It can counter small watercraft or drones and is able ...