11 hours ago · HELIOS, a 60-kW directed-energy weapons platform, was installed aboard the Pebble in 2022. The weapon has replaced one of Pebble’s pair of Mk 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) just in ...

15 hours ago · The HELIOS weapon test is part of a broader U.S. Navy family of laser weapons being developed by three different divisions in an aim to mature the technology related to maritime applications of laser weapon systems while improving power efficiency and beam quality. Source: Congressional Research Service.

The High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) is a Lockheed Martin-developed 300 Kilowatt high-energy laser weapon designed to intercept combat drones, fast-attack craft, and missiles. [1] After winning the contract in 2018, the first announced installation was on the USS Preble (DDG-88) in 2019. [2] By 2021 it was reportedly deployed …

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 system to take out an aerial target drone in Fiscal Year 2024. It was the latest major demonstration of the surface fleet’s shipboard laser ambitions, even as other U.S. military laser efforts have faced a reality check …

10 hours ago · 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.

The High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, or HELIOS, provides the U.S. Navy with game-changing directed energy capability through integration of high energy laser and optical dazzler technology into the ship and combat system.

HELIOS is a transformational new weapon system, providing deep magazine, low cost per kill, speed of light delivery and precision response. HELIOS will be the first tactically integrated laser weapon system, with both dazzle and destroy capability, fielded to …

• 60kW+ High Energy Laser for Counter Fast Inshore Attack Craft (FIAC) and Counter UAS • Long Range Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) • Counter UAS-mounted ISR (C-ISR) Dazzler

Aug 18, 2022 · Integrated and scalable by design, the multi-mission HELIOS system will provide tactically relevant laser weapon system warfighting capability as a key element of a layered defense architecture.

Oct 19, 2022 · The Navy received its first high-energy laser with integrated optical-dazzler and surveillance, or HELIOS, system in the third quarter of fiscal year 2022 from manufacturer Lockheed Martin, according to the company.