The UK Dragonfire consortium led by MBDA will produce a Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) Capability Demonstrator for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) under a £30 million contract announced on 5 ...
British Army soldiers successfully tracked, targeted and destroyed swarms of small drones in the latest test of a Directed Energy Weapon. The British Army has completed the UK's largest counter drone ...
The DragonFire lines up with other European laser-directed energy weapons being developed in collaboration with MBDA. After completing successful trials to shoot down high-speed drones, the MBDA-led ...
DragonFire laser defense system has just been tested It can shoot down drones moving at 400mph with incredible accuracy With a contract signed for $415 million (£316 million), it'll be on board a UK ...
DragonFire laser directed energy weapon (LDEW) system's precision is equivalent to hitting a £1 coin from a kilometre away. Its range is classified. The United Kingdom has conducted trial of a new ...
The UK’s LDEW capability is advanced and progressing well towards boosting our future Armed Forces capabilities. DragonFire could offer UK Defence significant operational advantage by delivering ...
Leonardo developed the LDEW beam director as part of the UK Dragonfire consortium. (Richard Scott/NAVYPIX) The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has completed the first trials of a high-powered, long-range ...
The HELMA-P LDEW prototype was housed in a containerised shelter installed on Forbin's fight deck. (DGA) France's Direction générale de l'armement (DGA), the French Navy, and CILAS (a subsidiary of ...
Dragonfire, the UK’s Laser Directed Energy Programme (LDEW) led by MBDA, has successfully begun a series of trials to prove the accuracy and power of the novel laser weapon. The first of these trials ...