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DragonFire Laser Weapon Engages High Speed Drones in Latest Test

The DragonFire system successfully shot down drones travelling at up to 650km/h at a range in Scotland, just as a £316m contract for its deployment on a ...
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British Military Attacks Drones With Huge Laser

The UK’s DragonFire laser has shot down high-speed drones in new trials, with above-the-horizon tracking and pinpoint ...

Contract signed for laser that can take out drones

The government has awarded a contract to fund a new laser that can shoot down high-speed drones. The £316m will be used to ...
LBC

Royal Navy ships to be fitted with anti-drone DragonFire laser capable of 'hitting £1 coin from a kilometre away'

Latest trials saw the weapon's system hit high-speed targets travelling at more than 600kph - twice the speed of a Formula 1 ...

UK beefs up Royal Navy counter-drone tech with $413 million laser contract

Britain on Thursday awarded a 316-million-​pound ($413 million) contract ‌to missile company MBDA UK to provide DragonFire laser ‌systems for the Royal Navy, under a plan to add new technology to ...
The National Interest

The UK Looks to Fast-Track the DragonFire Direct Energy Weapon

The UK’s Ministry of Defense has committed to accelerating DragonFire Laser Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) into operational capability by 2027. In the real world, the Royal Navy is looking to ...