The U.S. Navy tested a powerful new laser weapon called HELIOS, capable of downing drones at the speed of light.

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.

In this undated photo from fiscal 2024, the Preble fires its HELIOS system ... or time of the laser’s deployment, included a black-and-white photo showing a streak of white light beaming out ...

The US Navy has made a groundbreaking leap in defense technology with the public demonstration of its new HELIOS laser weapon system ... threats at the speed of light. Recently tested aboard ...

The U.S. Navy has successfully tested its cutting-edge laser weapon system, HELIOS (High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical ...

The remarkable picture shows the USS Preble (DDG-88) deploying its formidable HELIOS laser ... battlefield.” LASER weapons work by focusing highly concentrated beams of light to deliver energy ...

The Navy has shown off its jaw-dropping new laser weapon. The HELIOS system can be seen firing ... laser that can engage targets at the speed of light. It is designed to disable or destroy targets ...

The Navy has disclosed that the Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Preble successfully test-fired its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system to take out an ...

The Helios weapon, which uses a 60 kW high-energy laser that can engage targets at the speed of light, is an advanced directed energy system developed for the US by Lockheed Martin. It obliterates ...

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 ...