Preble is the service’s first destroyer to be equipped with the 60-kilowatt directed energy laser system. While only a few of the Navy’s vessels feature the new weapon, experts expect HELIOS ...

In late 2024, the US Navy tested the HELIOS laser weapon system with the USS Preble destroyer against a threat-representative cruise missile, Naval News reported on February 4. Fu Qianshao ...

The latest renderings depicting the U.S. Navy’s next-generation destroyer are missing some weapon systems initially ... Navy surface ships in the future. Laser ballistic missile defense systems ...