USS Preble is the service’s first destroyer to be equipped with the HELIOS 60-kilowatt directed energy laser system. A stunning image from earlier this month depicting the U.S. Navy’s High ...

The HELIOS laser defense system installed on the USS Preble.© Lockheed Martin USS Portland (LPD 27) successfully tests a Solid State Laser - Technology Maturation Laser Weapon System Demonstrator ...

The USS Preble successfully test fires the HELIOS directed-energy weapon at an unmanned aerial drone at an unreported time and location in 2024. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Defense ...

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.

Fact Check: Social media users are claiming a video shows the USS Preble firing a laser weapon. One user wrote, “The US Navy released a clip of the USS Preble firing a HELIOS laser weapon.

As one of the most powerful military branches in the history of the world, the US Navy is a force to be reckoned with. Currently, the US Navy has approximately 296 deployable battle force ships, which ...

The U.S. Navy’s USS Preble, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, recently received a laser weapon system. The laser, called HELIOS, or High-Energy... Caleb Larson August 25, 2022 ...

The HELIOS laser weapon system being fired from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble. (CCM via SWNS) By Talker By Dean Murray ...