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Navy/USMC

HELIOS Laser To Be First Fully Integrated On U.S. Ship

Friday, March 2nd, 2018

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HELIOS Laser To Be First Fully Integrated On U.S. Ship

Artist rendering of Lockheed Martin's HELIOS laser weapons system used on an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. (Image: Lockheed Martin)

Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] new $150 million contract to develop and build two High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-dazzler with Surveillance (HELIOS) weapon systems for the Navy marks several first including the first laser weapon fully integrated for the lifetime of a U.S. Navy ship.The Navy awarded the contract in late January and expects the units to be delivered by FY 2020 (Defense Daily, Feb. 2). One is bound for land-based testing at the White Sands Missile Range, N.M., but the…

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