What is US Navy's HELIOS laser weapon that destroys drones in seconds?
The US Navy’s HELIOS laser weapon, a cutting-edge directed energy system, has demonstrated its potential in recent tests, ...
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U.S. Navy HELIOS laser test underscores greater advancements in Directed Energy Weapons
The U.S. Navy’s High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system faced its first airborne ...
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US Navy Destroyer Fires 60 KW Helios Combat Laser
The USS Preble is the first U.S. Navy vessel equipped with HELIOS, a 60-kilowatt-class directed energy laser weapon developed ...
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US zaps drone using powerful laser weapon with 5-mile range in secret tests
The United States Navy (the Navy) has reported testing its High-Energy Laser with an Integrated Optical Dazzler and ...
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The Navy’s Next-Gen Destroyer Is Missing Something Important: A Gun
For much of modern naval history ... and sensors­, possibly apart from the five-inch gun, ­will be similar to the Aegis combat system employed on the Arleigh Burke-class Flight III DDGs ...
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Lockheed's Unit Secures a Contract to Aid AEGIS Combat System
The Aegis Combat System is an advanced naval defense system that combines ... vertical launching systems, advanced guns and integrated power systems. RTX’s long-term (three to five years ...
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U.S. Approves Standard Missile-6 Sale for Japan’s Aegis Destroyers
While Japan is in the process of massively up-gunning itself with other U.S. weapons, the SM-6 represents a specific ...
US Navy seen firing futuristic drone-destroying laser weapon dubbed ‘Helios’ from warship in incredible declassified pic
A FUTURISTIC drone-destroying laser has been seen firing from a US Navy warship in an incredible declassified image. The ...
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Navy Identifies First Destroyer to Receive Full Set of DDG MOD 2.0 Upgrades
Raytheon’s AN/SPY-6 air and missile defense radar and Lockheed Martin’s Baseline 10 Aegis Weapon System. “These ships, just like the Ticonderoga-class cruisers, were purpose-built around the ...