USS Preble is the service’s first destroyer to be equipped with the HELIOS 60-kilowatt directed energy laser system. A stunning image from earlier this month depicting the U.S. Navy’s High-Energy ...

The development of the HELIOS system began in 2018 with a $150 million contract with Lockheed Martin. The system underwent crucial tests in 2020, and its integration on the USS Preble began in 2021.

Destined for duty aboard the USS Fort Worth, which is launching from San Diego later this year, it will mark the first time the helos have been deployed to the Pacific. The Fire Scout, officially ...

The U.S. Center for Countermeasures (CCM)'s document reveals details on the testing of the directed-energy weapon installed on the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS. HELIOS is an advanced directed ...

That's finally changing, though. The Army's high energy laser program is moving forward, and the U.S. Navy has been testing its HELIOS system on the USS Preble (DDG 88). The Navy's High Energy ...

The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Preble deployed its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system to neutralise an aerial drone during a weapons exercise in ...

USS Preble is the service’s first destroyer to be equipped with the HELIOS 60-kilowatt directed energy laser system. A stunning image from earlier this month depicting the U.S. Navy’s High ...