The USS Preble (DDG-88) has made history by showcasing the capabilities of the HELIOS (High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance) system. With a power output of 60...

Aug 24, 2022 · USS Preble is the first Navy ship with HELIOS, which can damage and destroy targets like small boats and drones, and blind optics. The U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Preble is now armed with a High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance system, or HELIOS.

Feb 4, 2025 · The Navy has disclosed that the Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Preble successfully test-fired its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system to take out an aerial target drone in Fiscal Year 2024.

In late 2024, the U.S. Navy tested its HELIOS weapon system against a threat-representative cruise missile. This test, performed with USS Preble (DDG 88), will inform the fleet for a wider number of directed energy efforts.

Feb 3, 2025 · The HELIOS system is designed to protect naval assets from various threats, including drones, fast attack craft, and cruise missiles. It combines a high-energy laser capable of physically destroying targets with an optical dazzler to disrupt or disable enemy sensors.

Feb 5, 2025 · The USS Preble test-fires a laser weapon in this undated photo featured in an annual report recently released by the U.S. Center for Countermeasures. ... referred to as “HELIOS” in its annual ...

Feb 4, 2025 · The US Navy has demonstrated the power of its cutting-edge HELIOS laser weapon aboard an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer during an undated sea trial. In a striking new photo featured in the Pentagon’s annual Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) report, the USS Preble was seen firing the high-energy weapon at an unidentified target.

Oct 15, 2024 · USS Preble, which recently arrived at Yokosuka Naval Base, is the only U.S. warship equipped with the High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, or HELIOS, system.

Feb 5, 2025 · The HELIOS system, a 60-plus-kilowatt laser built by Lockheed Martin, was installed on the USS Preble in August 2022, making it the first tactical laser weapon to be integrated into an operational U.S. warship. The system is meant to zap drones, disable enemy sensors, and eventually counter missiles—all without wasting a single missile or bullet.

Mar 31, 2022 · The first High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance, or HELIOS, built By Lockheed Mission Systems and Sensors, has started phased delivery to the Preble at the BAE Systems yard in San Diego.