If other countries are now using laser weapons, this begs the question, considering our enormous Pentagon budget, does the ...

Almost 50 years on from its commissioning date, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base Kitsap on Mar. 21, 2025, for a deployment to the Indo-Pacific.

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 ...

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 U.S. Navy has not released any videos of High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system demonstration on USS Preble (DDG 88).” The weapon is still ...

report shows the USS Preble firing the high-energy armament. The High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) shoots over 60 kilowatts of concentrated energy.

One user wrote, “The US Navy released a clip of the USS Preble firing a HELIOS laser weapon. The High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-Dazzler and Surveillance will be used primarily to ...

Called the High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-Dazzler, or HELIOS, the U.S. Navy tested the Lockheed Martin-built laser weapon aboard the USS Preble sometime in 2024. Only one image was released ...

Developed by Lockheed Martin, HELIOS represents a leap forward in directed-energy weapons, designed to neutralise threats such as drones, fast attack boats, and missiles. The system was successfully ...

HELIOS (High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance) is a 60-kilowatt laser system developed by Lockheed Martin. It offers capabilities such as: The recent test aboard the USS ...

This is HELIOS, the High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance, and it represents a bold step into the future of military technology. Last year, aboard the USS Preble ...