The USS Preble, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, has become the first ship in the American fleet to be equipped with the HELIOS system. This modern laser weapon combines the ability to destroy ...

USS Preble is the service’s first destroyer ... soft kill coordination in an automated fashion working with the HELIOS Weapon System.” The Navy’s laser-related ambitions are shared by ...

The Navy has shown off its jaw-dropping new laser weapon ... the testing of the directed-energy weapon installed on the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS. HELIOS is an advanced directed energy ...

In late 2024, the US Navy tested the HELIOS laser weapon system with the USS Preble destroyer against a threat-representative cruise missile, Naval News reported on February 4. Fu Qianshao ...