The U.S. Navy has successfully tested its new laser weapon system, HELIOS (High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance), aboard the USS Preble, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.

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 ...

For the first time, a laser weapon system (LaWS) was successfully operated aboard a US Navy ship. A demonstration of LaWS took place in November aboard the USS Ponce while it was deployed to the ...

Taking a further step towards obtaining a BMD (Ballistic Missile Defense) capability against hypersonic missiles, the MDA (Missile Defense Agency) and the U.S. Navy fired a simulated Standard ...

According to the released Pentagon’s Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOTE ... fashion working with the HELIOS Weapon System.” The Navy’s laser-related ambitions are shared ...

(British Defence Ministry) PARIS — The United Kingdom is accelerating work on the DragonFire laser weapon, with a goal of equipping four Royal Navy destroyers ... high-powered test shot, in ...

New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy conducted ... point accuracy. The test was conducted with all weapon system elements ...

A combination of Covid delays and technical challenges impeded progress, but in November 2023, the programme hit a major milestone, becoming the UK’s first laser weapon to achieve a high-power firing ...

If sent to the region, the strike group will put newly adapted counter-drone weapons to the test as the Navy explores alternatives ... I’d say we remain laser focused on staying effective ...

Raytheon UK is set to receive what it describes as the first high-energy laser weapon system to be tested and integrated in the United Kingdom. The goal is to improve the understanding of how such ...

The Russian Navy is currently using the Project 22350 lead frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov for testing Tsirkon hypersonic weapons. The frigate Admiral Gorshkov test ...

The latest Zadira laser weapon is focused on physically destroying an object at a distance of up to 5 km MOSCOW, May 18. /TASS/. Russia is employing laser weapons in its special operation in ...