Lockheed Martin Delivers HELIOS To Navy, Boasts Additional Capability

摘要

Lockheed Martin [LMT] said on Monday it has delivered its production unit 100-kW-rangeHigh Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-dazzler with Surveillance (HELIOS) to the Navy forinstallment on a destroyer later this year and said it has additional capability beyond the initialrequirements.HELIOS sends out a single laser beam to relatively small targets like unmanned AircraftSystems (UAS) and small fast attack boats, provides a counter-UAS intelligence, surveillanceand reconnaissance dazzler capability, and feeds additional ISR data into a ship’s combatsystem. The dazzler uses a low power setting to reduce or confuse hostile target ISRcapabilities. The system is fully integrated with the Aegis Combat System.