The U.S. Navy has performed a jaw-dropping LASER weapon test. Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland conducted the high-energy laser weapon system demonstration while sailing in the Gulf of Aden ...
In this undated photo from fiscal 2024, the Preble fires its HELIOS system during weapons testing. (DOT&E) The U.S. Navy successfully tested its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and ...
USS Preble is the service’s first destroyer to be equipped with the HELIOS 60-kilowatt directed energy laser system. A ...
The Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center East is testing how a laser projection system can help the Marine Corps with painting their aircraft, part of an attempt to cut the time an aircraft spends in ...
An incredible image buried deep in an annual military report released last month shows the U.S. Navy test-firing a high-powered laser weapon at a drone target from one of its warships. The photo of ...
South Korean firm LIG Nex1 passed a milestone in U.S. procurement with its low-cost guided rocket system, opening the door to ...
A jaw-dropping new photo shows the US Navy firing off a drone-destroying laser weapon — dubbed Helios — from one of its warships. The undated image, which was published in the US Center for ...
BATH, Maine — Some of the Navy’s futuristic weapons sound like something out of “Star Wars,” with lasers designed to shoot down aerial drones and electric guns that fire projectiles at hypersonic ...
The Navy will increase funding for directed energy solutions, like lasers, to reduce the cost of intercepting enemy missiles, service secretary Carlos Del Toro said Thursday—a month after he told ...
The U.S. Navy debuted a new laser weapon system designed to protect ships without using ammunition. Photo: U.S. Navy The Navy is testing a new laser it is developing by using it on targets such as ...
The U.S. Navy warships shooting down Houthi drones and rockets in recent weeks have generally done so with guns and missiles that are far more expensive than the threats they head off. And notably ...