A U.S. Navy destroyer has already shown that a shipboard laser can do more than serve as a laboratory curiosity. During ...

“The Navy will have to either remove something or look at ‘very aggressive power management.’” That warning, attributed to ...

The High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, deployed on a US naval ship, downed several drones last week. Here’s what you need to know about the game-changing technology. V ...

As drone swarms overwhelm conventional defenses, the U.S. Navy is deploying HELIOS, a 60-kW laser that can destroy targets at the speed of light for the cost of electricity.

The U.S. Navy just announced which ship will be first to be outfitted with HELIOS, a powerful anti-missile laser weapon. In 2021, the USS Preble, a destroyer operating out of the Pearl Harbor naval ...

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-Energy ...

Buckle your seatbelts folks, because we’re on the highway to the laser zone. Defense contractor Lockheed Martin announced on Monday that it had delivered its High Energy Laser with Integrated ...

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 ...

During its Pacific patrol last year, the USS Preble successfully shot down an unmanned aerial target using its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system.