USS Preble is the service’s first destroyer to be equipped with the HELIOS 60-kilowatt directed energy laser system. A ...

That's finally changing, though. The Army's high energy laser program is moving forward, and the U.S. Navy has been testing its HELIOS system on the USS Preble (DDG 88). The Navy's High Energy ...

That system is the High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS). In other words, the HELIOS is a laser weapon. HELIOS was put on display by the United States Navy.

The Navy has shown off its jaw-dropping new laser weapon. The HELIOS system can be seen firing from a warship in an internal military report, published in January, showcasing the latest ...

No other photos of HELIOS are available in the DOT&E annual report, and there is no evidence of videos showing the system released by the DOT&E or the Department of Defense. A spokesperson for DOT ...