A U.S. Navy admiral stated bluntly earlier this month that the service should be “embarrassed” by its current conditions and battle readiness. He wasn’t talking about the size of the fleet—the ...
The U.S. Navy is arming its destroyers with a high-powered, long-range laser weapon. The High-Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-Dazzler with Surveillance (HELIOS) is now being integrated onto the ...
United States Navy destroyers have shot down dozens of ... and that may be limited to burning through the side of the fuselage. A test of a laser in the 150kW-class weapon took 15 seconds of ...
The centre will focus on the testing, fielding and maintenance of defensive high-energy laser (HEL) weapons. Raytheon's anti-drone lasers are small enough to be fitted to military vehicles.