Faced with an escalating barrage of low-cost loitering munitions, anti-ship ballistic missiles, and autonomous surveillance ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The USS Preble successfully test fires the HELIOS directed-energy weapon at an unmanned aerial drone at an unreported time and ...

The age of the kinetic-only navy is ending. Quietly, over the past decade, the U.S. Navy has been integrating weapons that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this undated photo from fiscal 2024, the Preble fires its HELIOS system during weapons testing. (DOT&E) The U.S. Navy ...

A handout file picture from the US Navy showing the USS Harry S Truman with F/A-18 and F-16 jets flying overhead. AFP The U.S. Navy successfully tested its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical ...

Combining a high-energy laser with an optical dazzler, HELIOS can both destroy and disable threats, as well as disrupt enemy sensors. Today, the United States finds itself living in a world that its ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A United States Navy warship, armed with a powerful laser weapon ...

Artist's conception of Lockheed Martin's Helios directed-energy laser weapon intercepting a drone attack. The economics of modern air defense are broken. Counterdrone systems are one of the ...

In January, the US Navy destroyer USS Preble made history as the first warship to use a laser and shoot down a wave of ...

The US Navy wants to put directed energy systems such as the HELIOS, depicted here, on more ships in the fleet. (Lockheed Martin) The US Navy (USN) is woefully behind in its efforts to develop ...