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Lockheed Martin Delivers HELIOS Laser To Navy

Thursday, August 18th, 2022

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Lockheed Martin Delivers HELIOS Laser To Navy

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

Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Thursday it delivered to the Navy the 60+ kW-class high energy laser with integrated optical-dazzler and surveillance (HELIOS) system set to be installed on a destroyer. The HELIOS system is meant to disable unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and small boats with the laser weapon while having a second use as a counter-UAS intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) dazzler capability that also feeds additional ISR data into a ship’s combat system. It either operates in a high-power…

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