DragonFire Laser Turns 650 KM/H Drones To Ash In Seconds – Britain Unveils Deadliest Weapon

Britain’s new DragonFire laser system can destroy drones flying at 650 km/h. Its deployment on Type‑45 destroyers by 2027 ...

Video Shows DragonFire Laser Taking Down High-Speed Drones In NATO First

The DragonFire also offers a much cheaper than traditional missile-based air defense. It will make the U.K. the first ...
The National Interest

DragonFire Laser: The Drone-Killer Weapon No Military Can Match

During advanced testing, the British military used the DragonFire laser to shoot down a drone. The British military is careful with the details and specifications of the DragonFire. It is, after all, ...
New Atlas

Britain's Dragonfire laser weapon engages first aerial targets

Britain has fired its Dragonfire high-powered laser weapon at aerial targets for the first time. The test of the Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) on the Ministry of Defence's Hebrides Range was ...
Newsweek

What is DragonFire? New Advanced Laser Weapon Passes Major Test

The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense (MoD) has reached a major milestone in its testing of a military laser that can strike any visible aerial and sea targets. Development of directed energy ...
The National Interest

DragonFire: Royal Navy Warships Will Use Lasers to Hit Drones and Missiles

Summary: The Royal Navy is set to revolutionize its warship armament by equipping them with the DragonFire laser-directed energy weapon (LDEW) by 2027. This initiative, propelled by over £100 million ...
CNN

Air defense for $13 a shot? How lasers could revolutionize the way militaries counter enemy missiles and drones

Britain this week showed off a new laser weapon that its military says could deliver lethal missile or aircraft defense at around $13 a shot, potentially saving tens of millions of dollars over the ...
The Aviationist

DragonFire Laser Weapon Will Equip Royal Navy Warships From 2027

The weapon will provide highly effective defence against drone and missile threats with just £10 a shot. The UK Ministry of Defence announced that the new, cutting-edge DragonFire laser will be ...
Aviation Week Network

UK Buys MBDA DragonFire Systems

The UK says it will spend £316 million ($412 million) more on the MBDA Dragonfire laser air-defense systems as part of a pledge made this year to invest more in directed energy technology. The ...
Optics

Military laser DragonFire achieves first successful test firing

The UK military has developed a laser weapon that could support the country’s Armed Forces with greater accuracy while reducing the reliance on high-cost ammunition has reached its next milestone.
SUAS News

Exeter Expert: DragonFire a ‘Valuable Complement’ to Royal Navy’s Arsenal

Commenting on the use of DragonFire in the Royal Navy, Dr David Blagden, from the University of Exeter’s Strategy and Security Institute, said: “The particular value of directed-energy weapons like ...