The Navy sees HELIOS and other directed energy weapons as critical capabilities, but has faced persistent challenges in ...
The US Navy has confirmed that a frontline destroyer has successfully used a ship-mounted laser weapon to defeat multiple ...
Lockheed Martin’s “HELIOS” anti-drone laser passed a recent test with flying colors, according to CEO Jim Taiclet.
The destroyer USS Preble used its high-energy laser with the Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system to take down four drones in a demonstration last year, revealed Lockheed Martin ...
Britain and Germany have also been trialing similar systems.
The only real laser weapon that saw service during the 20th century was a low-power laser used by the Royal Navy during the 1982 Falklands War to temporarily dazzle and distract enemy pilots. Not that ...