Combining a high-energy laser with an optical dazzler, HELIOS can both destroy and disable threats, as well as disrupt enemy sensors. Today, the United States finds itself living in a world that its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this undated photo from fiscal 2024, the Preble fires its HELIOS system during weapons testing. (DOT&E) The U.S. Navy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An incredible image buried deep in an annual military report released last month shows the U.S. Navy test-firing a high-powered ...

Ever since lasers were invented in 1960, defense contractors and servicemembers have dreamed of shooting things out of the sky with them. Lasers are used all the time in targeting, from the ...

Lockheed Martin’s “HELIOS” anti-drone laser passed a recent test with flying colors, according to CEO Jim Taiclet. Last week, Lockheed Martin announced that a US Navy guided-missile destroyer had used ...

Following a year of testing by the Surface Combat Systems Center Wallops Island, the U.S. Navy is planning to install the Lockheed Martin High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical dazzler and ...

The Demonstrator Laser Weapon System, acting as a ground-based test surrogate for the SHiELD system, was able to engage and shoot down several air-launched missiles during tests at the High Energy ...

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This year, the U.S. Navy is scheduled to field the first acquisition program to deploy the High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, or HELIOS - a laser weapon system with ...