Ever since lasers were invented in 1960, defense contractors and servicemembers have dreamed of shooting things out of the sky with them. Lasers are used all the time in targeting, from the ...

“the U.S. Navy has not released any videos of High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system demonstration on USS Preble (DDG 88).” The weapon is still ...

The HELIOS system can be seen firing from a ... intelligence and reconnaissance sensors. The laser weapon utilizes a 60 kW high-energy laser that can engage targets at the speed of light.

Turkish defense firm Aselsan successfully tested a mobile laser weapons system that counters drone attacks. Aselsan said ...

The Mobile Expeditionary High Energy Laser 2.0, or MEHEL 2.0 ... Of course, a laser weapon still requires a tracking system to aim at a target. However, unlike a guided missile, that expensive ...

The US Army is building the world's most powerful laser, according to local reports ... Neil Thurgood said in a statement. “High-energy lasers kill one target at a time, and high-powered ...

An effort led by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) used AI to make laser weapons better able to target ... There are already projects — [The High Energy Laser Expeditionary (HELEX ...

The Laser Weapons System Demonstrator (LWSD)-a solid-state, high-energy infrared laser tested by USS Portland (LPD 27). The range-in-a-box (RIAB) at Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) has a large ...

matching expertise from the UK weapons industry with Dstl’s High Energy Laser trials and Weapon System Engineering capability. Additionally, a wide number of other industry and MOD stakeholders were ...