The Navy Is Testing a Laser Weapon in the Red Sea, Lockheed CEO Says

"We've been developing and testing one in the Red Sea right now with the Navy."

The US Navy tests its High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) laser weapon system aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Preble in an undisclosed location. (DoD photo)

After months of pleading for directed energy weapons to protect their warships from the rising threat of cheap weaponized drones, US Navy commande…