The Navy sees HELIOS and other directed energy weapons as critical capabilities, but has faced persistent challenges in ...
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USS Preble’s laser downed four drones, but ship power still sets the ceiling
“This is my goal: If it’s in line of sight of a ship, the first solution that we’re using is directed energy.” The following ...
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USS Preble’s HELIOS test shows why ship lasers keep moving up the defense stack
Four drones had been shot down, and a long-standing promise of the Navy was made the more difficult to ignore. At-sea in 2025, the destroyer USS Preble was demonstrating its High-Energy Laser with ...
The US Navy has confirmed that a frontline destroyer has successfully used a ship-mounted laser weapon to defeat multiple ...
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