Artist rendering of Lockheed Martin's HELIOS laser weapons system used on an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. (Image: Lockheed Martin)
By Rich Abott |
@ReaderRabott
14 minutes ago |
05/19/2025
directed energy helios highlights lasers Navy/USMC

The Navy’s top officer revealed a laser weapon installed on a destroyer to test an ability to disable drones and small boats has had problems in testing and is still not up to its full advertised 60 kW power output.

“We had some problems with testing, but…

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