The AN/SEQ-3 Laser Weapon System or XN-1 LaWS [1] is a laser weapon developed by the United States Navy. The weapon was installed on USS Ponce for field testing in 2014. In December 2014, the United States Navy reported that the LaWS system worked perfectly against low-end asymmetric threats, and that the commander of Ponce was authorized to ...

1 天前 · An incredible image buried deep in an annual military report released last month shows the U.S. Navy test-firing a high-powered laser weapon at a drone target from one of its warships.. The photo ...

1 天前 · The US Navy has been advancing its directed energy weapons technology, and the High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) is at the forefront of these developments. Developed by Lockheed Martin, HELIOS represents a leap forward in directed-energy weapons, designed to neutralise threats such as drones, fast ...

2 天之前 · The U.S. Navy’s Surface Warfare Division (N96) manages development of Surface Navy Laser Weapon System Increment One (HELIOS) and the Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy (ODIN). The other is the U.S. Navy’s Innovation, Technology Missions, and Test and Evaluation Division (N94) family, which included development of the Solid State Laser ...

1 天前 · The U.S. Navy unveiled a photo of a warship's high-powered laser weapon in an annual report released last month. The image published in the Office of the Director, Operational Test & Evaluation's ...

1 天前 · In this undated photo from fiscal 2024, the Preble fires its HELIOS system during weapons testing. (DOT&E) The U.S. Navy successfully tested its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler ...

The Navy and Lockheed Martin demonstrated the ability of a solid-state laser directed energy weapon to successfully shoot down a target drone acting as a surrogate for a subsonic cruise missile in 2022, using a weapon called the Laser Layered Defense (LLD) system, during a test at the U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

2 天之前 · The Preble is the only U.S. destroyer armed with a high-energy laser weapon, ... Photos released by the U.S. Navy showed it was underway in the North Pacific Ocean, the Philippine Sea, and the ...

2024年4月3日 · At the core of the Laser Weapon Testbed will be a 300+ kW class sourced from the Office Secretary of Defense’s High Energy Laser Scaling Initiative (HELSI), which has funded industry teams to deliver several 300+ kW class lasers.

2022年4月13日 · The February demonstration marked the first time the U.S. Navy used an all-electric, high-energy laser weapon to defeat a target representing a subsonic cruise missile in flight. Known as the...