USS Preble’s deployment of the High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance, or HELIOS, has become a showcase for how shipboard lasers can neutralize multiple drones while ...

The U.S. Navy has performed a jaw-dropping LASER weapon test. Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland conducted the high-energy laser weapon system demonstration while sailing in the Gulf of Aden ...

A shipboard laser can hit its target without emptying a missile magazine, but that advantage comes with a less glamorous requirement: electrical power. The Navy’s HELIOS system has now moved beyond ...

An incredible image buried deep in an annual military report released last month shows the U.S. Navy test-firing a high-powered laser weapon at a drone target from one of its warships. The photo of ...

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.

The U.S. Navy has deployed the HELIOS (High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance) during Operation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The USS Preble successfully test fires the HELIOS directed-energy weapon at an unmanned aerial drone at an unreported time and ...

The Pentagon's counter-drone task force is set to test a high-energy laser system against drones at White Sands Missile Range ...

The Pentagon’s Joint Interagency Task Force 401 and the Federal Aviation Administration will conduct a high-energy laser test Saturday and Sunday to address FAA safety concerns about the use of ...