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 ...

The Strategic Defense Initiative, launched in 1984, aimed to develop a laser-based system to defend against ballistic missiles.However, the project was ultimately scrapped due to the numerous ...

The United Kingdom has also been developing its own laser-based defense system. Last year, the U.K. successfully tested its own high-powered laser weapon, DragonFire, against aerial targets. The ...

In this undated photo from fiscal 2024, the Preble fires its HELIOS system during weapons testing. (DOT&E) The U.S. Navy successfully tested its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler ...

A jaw-dropping new photo shows the US Navy firing off a drone-destroying laser weapon — dubbed “Helios” — from one of its warships.

The USS Preble is the only U.S. destroyer armed with the HELIOS, which can fire laser beams to destroy fast attack craft and drones. ... U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin, ...

The incorporation of HELIOS on future Arleigh Burke ships will only elevate the class’s prowess in the waters. The Navy’s laser-related ambitions are shared by other nations across the globe.

The USS Preble is the first U.S. Navy vessel equipped with HELIOS, a 60-kilowatt-class directed energy laser weapon developed by Lockheed Martin. It is also the first laser weapon integrated with the ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The U.S. Navy’s only guided-missile destroyer equipped with a directed energy weapon is on its way to join the U.S. 7th Fleet in Japan. The USS Preble left its ...

In this undated photo from fiscal 2024, the Preble fires its HELIOS system during weapons testing. (DOT&E) The U.S. Navy successfully tested its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler ...