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Lockheed Martin Delivers HELIOS To Navy, Boasts Additional Capability

Monday, January 11th, 2021

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Lockheed Martin Delivers HELIOS To Navy, Boasts Additional Capability

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

Lockheed Martin [LMT] said on Monday it has delivered its production unit 100-kW-range High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-dazzler with Surveillance (HELIOS) to the Navy for installment on a destroyer later this year and said it has additional capability beyond the initial requirements. HELIOS sends out a single laser beam to relatively small targets like unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and small fast attack boats, provides a counter-UAS intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance dazzler capability, and feeds additional ISR data into a…

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