The USS Preble successfully test fires the HELIOS directed-energy weapon at an unmanned aerial drone at an unreported time and location in 2024. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Defense Feb. 5 ...

Small US aerospace project Helios Horizon claims to have recently broken the record for the highest-flying multi-seat electric aircraft, which it considers a step on its journey into the stratosphere.

Miguel Iturmendi is taking an electric plane to new heights. Last June, he flew the Helios Horizon plane 16,300 feet over Lake Tahoe, breaking the world altitude record for an electric plane weighing ...

This image, released by the U.S. Office of the Director, Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), shows the U.S. Navy successfully testing a high-energy laser weapon mounted on one of its warships, according to a ...

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 and ...

RED OAK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Qarbon Aerospace, Inc. (Qarbon Aerospace) has successfully completed another icing tunnel test of their patented Helios Ice Protection TM System. Qarbon Aerospace’s ...

A June 7 shakedown flight of NASA's solar-powered Helios unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ended three hours earlier than planned after flight controllers detected a problem with the aircraft's electric ...

Qarbon Aerospace, Inc. has successfully completed another icing tunnel test of their patented Helios Ice ProtectionTM System. Qarbon Aerospace’s Helios Ice ProtectionTM uses a heated graphite layer ...