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 ...

To reach Earth’s closest star system, Alpha Centauri, scientists are building a laser-powered spacecraft. To pull off interstellar travel, a spacecraft must be very light; therefore, it’s essential to ...

In other words, the HELIOS is a laser weapon. What’s more, the HELIOS system is a response to the dangerous trends in modern warfare that the Ukraine War has highlighted: notably, what the ...

The Director, Operational Test and Evaluation The Preble's 60-kilowatt laser weapon can work as a dazzler ... which developed the HELIOS, said in a press release: "HELIOS enhances the overall ...

Engineers at Lockheed Martin developed the HELIOS directed-energy weapon that uses a 60-kilowatt laser that can blind the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors mounted on drones ...

Developed by Lockheed Martin, HELIOS is a high-powered laser weapon designed to neutralise threats like drones, fast attack boats, and even missiles. It offers two distinct modes of attack ...

HELIOS system development The navy's Center ... The Preble's 60-kilowatt laser weapon can blind intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors mounted on drones and offer long-range ...

The HELIOS laser weapon system being fired from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble. (CCM via SWNS) By Dean Murray The Navy has shown off its jaw-dropping new laser weapon.