The National Interest13d
The Arleigh Burke Destroyer’s Mk 45 Cannon Has a New Role: Drone Defense
American missiles were used to engage most of the enemy targets, but the destroyer was forced to employ the five-inch gun ...
Navy destroyer named for fallen SEAL team member to visit Mobile for Mardi Gras
The U.S. Navy has selected the destroyer USS McFaul as the vessel that will dock in Mobile for Mardi Gras 2025, keeping alive ...
The Sun10d
Chinese destroyer with ‘kill web’ of drones survives attack by EIGHT-strong US Navy fleet in chilling WW3 war games
A Tomahawk land attack missile is launched from the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS GravelyCredit: Reuters The simulation, set in the western Pacific just a few hundred ...
International Business Times9d
US Navy Successfully Tests HELIOS Laser Weapon Aboard USS Preble: Report
AFP The U.S. Navy successfully tested its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Preble last year ...
Irish Sun11d
Chinese destroyer with ‘kill web’ of drones survives attack by EIGHT-strong US Navy fleet in chilling WW3 war games
China's Type 055 is known to be one of the largest warships in the world, but in the simulation the US fleet was bolstered by eight Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. But the Chinese destroyer had ...
KHQ11d
Navy shows off new futuristic laser weapon
The U.S. Center for Countermeasures (CCM)'s document reveals details on the testing of the directed-energy weapon installed on the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS. HELIOS is an advanced directed ...
Defense News11d
US Navy hits drone with HELIOS laser in successful test
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Preble fired its HELIOS system to zap an aerial drone during a weapons testing exercise in 2024, according to an Office of the Director, Operational Test and ...