The High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) is a Lockheed Martin-developed 300 kilowatt high-energy laser weapon designed to intercept combat drones, fast-attack craft, and missiles. [1] After winning the contract in 2018, the first announced installation was on the USS Preble (DDG-88) in 2019. [2] By 2021 it was reportedly deployed onto an Arleigh Burke ...

The High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, or HELIOS, provides the U.S. Navy with game-changing directed energy capability through integration of high energy laser and optical dazzler technology into the ship and combat system.

Feb 4, 2025 · The HELIOS weapon test is part of a broader U.S. Navy family of laser weapons being developed by three different divisions in an aim to mature the technology related to maritime applications of laser weapon systems while improving power efficiency and beam quality. Source: Congressional Research Service.

6 days ago · HELIOS, a 60-kW directed-energy weapons platform, was installed aboard the Preble in 2022. The weapon has replaced one of Preble’s pair of Mk 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) just in ...

5 days ago · The High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) is a weapon system developed by Lockheed Martin capable of engaging targets at the speed of light.

HELIOS is a transformational new weapon system, providing deep magazine, low cost per kill, speed of light delivery and precision response. HELIOS will be the first tactically integrated laser weapon system, with both dazzle and destroy capability, fielded to …

• 60kW+ High Energy Laser for Counter Fast Inshore Attack Craft (FIAC) and Counter UAS • Long Range Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) • Counter UAS-mounted ISR (C-ISR) Dazzler

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 18, 2022 – Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) delivered to the U.S. Navy a 60+ kW-class high energy laser with integrated optical-dazzler and surveillance (HELIOS), the first tactical laser weapon system to be integrated into existing ships and provide directed energy capability to the fleet. Integrated and scalable by design, the ...

Jan 11, 2021 · the High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, or HELIOS, a laser weapon system with high- energy fiber lasers for permanent fielding by the U.S. Department of Defense. This will be the only deployed laser system

Mar 11, 2020 · The High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) met U.S. Navy requirements and will be integrated onto an Arleigh Burke destroyer in 2021 Artist’s rendering of Lockheed Martin’s HELIOS system.