Let’s talk about lasers—not the kind from your favorite sci-fi movie, but the real, high-powered beams the U.S. Navy is working hard to bring to life on its warships. If you’ve ever imagined a ship ...

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 ...

Social media users are claiming a video shows the USS Preble firing a laser weapon. One user wrote, “The US Navy released a clip of the USS Preble firing a HELIOS laser weapon. The High Energy ...

The Navy’s 2024 test, at the time shrouded in secrecy, confirmed the system’s ability to intercept aerial threats. A ...

The undated image shows the U.S. Navy testing a weapon system known as HELIOS from the USS Preble destroyer in the middle of the ocean.

An incredible photo showing the US Navy firing off a drone-destroying laser weapon - called HELIOS - from one of its warships is going viral on social media.

The photo of the US Navy laser weapon, identified as HELIOS, was posted first via the US Center for Countermeasures’ annual report and quickly became widely circulating online.

What is the HELIOS weapon? 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 ...

This image, released by the U.S. Office of the Director, Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), shows the U.S. Navy successfully testing a high-energy laser weapon mounted on one of its warships, according to a ...

There is also a 150-kilowatt Laser Weapon System Demonstrator, or LWSD, installed on a San Antonio-class amphibious transport ship. US Navy hits drone with HELIOS laser in successful test ...