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The '''High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance''' ('''HELIOS''') is a [[Lockheed Martin]]-developed 300 [[Kilowatt]] [[Laser weapon|high-energy laser weapon]] designed to intercept [[Unmanned combat aerial vehicle|combat drones]], [[Fast attack craft|fast-attack craft]], and missiles.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=More Than a Laser, HELIOS is an Integrated Weapon System |url=https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/news/features/2021/more-than-a-laser-helios-is-an-integrated-weapon-system.html |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Lockheed Martin |language=en}}</ref> After winning the contract in 2018, the first announced installation was on the [[USS Preble (DDG-88)]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Richard R. Burgess |date=2022-03-31 |title=HELIOS Laser Weapon System Delivered for Installation on USS Preble |url=https://seapowermagazine.org/helios-laser-weapon-system-delivered-for-installation-on-uss-preble/ |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=Seapower |language=en-US}}</ref> By 2021 it was reportedly deployed onto an [[Arleigh Burke-class destroyer|Arleigh Burke-class]] ship as part of its anti-air [[Aegis Combat System]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Abdi |first=Zach |date=2024-04-03 |title=US Navy Readies 300 kW HELCAP Laser System for Intercept Tests |url=https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/sea-air-space-2024/2024/04/us-navy-readies-300-kw-helcap-laser-system-for-intercept-tests/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=Naval News |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
== Operation ==
The HELIOS system uses a modular power and fiber-optic configuration that can be expanded to fire at between 60 to 120 kW. Besides drone and missile defense, it also performs long range surveillance ([[Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance|ISR]]) and sensor [[Dazzler (weapon)|dazzling]]. Its purported advantages are high precision, efficient "cost to kill", and power capacity for multiple shots.<ref name=":0" /> The laser is capable of destroying a pineapple, among other fruits, from up to 200ft away.{{citation needed|date= February 2025}} As of 2024, higher-power laser weapons in the 150 to 300 kW range are being tested against anti-ship cruise missiles.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Uppal |first=Rajesh |title=US Navy developing next generation laser weapons for defending warships from ballistic and cruise missiles to Hypersonic Missiles |url=https://idstch.com/military/navy/us-navy-developing-next-generation-laser-weapons-for-defending-warships-from-ballistic-and-cruise-missiles-to-hypersonic-missiles/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=International Defense Security & Technology |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
== References ==
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== See also ==
* [[Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons]]
 
[[Category:Military lasers]]
[[Category:Lockheed Martin]]
[[Category:Directed-energy weapons of the United States]]
[[Category:Military equipment introduced in the 2010s]]
 
 
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