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Navy/USMC

HELIOS Testing At Full Power For Months But Navy Leaning Towards Containerized Lasers, Lockheed Martin Executive Says

Wednesday, August 13th, 2025

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HELIOS Testing At Full Power For Months But Navy Leaning Towards Containerized Lasers, Lockheed Martin Executive Says

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

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – A Lockheed Martin executive recently told Defense Daily that a Navy laser weapon installed on an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer has been working at full power for months but the Navy is now leaning toward a more containerized kind of laser weapon going forward. In May, Vice Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) and then-acting CNO Adm. James Kilby told a Congressional panel that the High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system installed on the USS…

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