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The US Navy has successfully tested a laser weapon called the High-Energy Laser with an Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system from one of its warships. Published in the US Center ...

The weapons is the high-energy laser with integrated optical dazzler and surveillance, more popularly known as HELIOS ... is planning to launch the eighth flight test of Starship in Texas as ...

The US Navy has successfully tested its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system on one of its warships. The test, which took place in 2024, is a major ...

Washington DC - The U.S. Navy has taken a major leap in futuristic warfare by successfully testing its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system on a warship.

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. The demo was “to verify and validate the functionality ...

Artist's impression of HELIOS in operation. According to the Navy, the test was conducted “to verify and validate the functionality, performance and capability” of HELIOS. It is also a ...

It works by focusing photons on a target, causing it to combust. Besides destroying targets, HELIOS can also act as a "dazzler," confusing or blinding optical sensors on incoming threats and providing ...

Why is this test important? The HELIOS demonstration aimed to validate its performance against unmanned aerial vehicles. While the exact date and location of the test were not disclosed, this ...

A jaw-dropping new photo shows the US Navy firing off a drone-destroying laser weapon — dubbed Helios — from one of its warships. The undated image, which was published in the US Center for ...

On Preble, HELIOS sits on the warship’s main forward pedestal that hosted the Mk 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) on earlier Arleigh Burke class destroyer variants. Flight IIA destroyers ...

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