The UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) made the decision to accelerate the laser programme from the demonstrational stage to an operational laser weapon. A Royal Navy warship will be equipped with the UK ...

Calls for the United Kingdom, a key NATO ally, to test its new laser weapon on the battlefields of Ukraine are growing, as Kyiv struggles to contend with the demands placed on its existing air-defense ...

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, ...

Ukraine may be set to receive prototypes of the United Kingdom's powerful "DragonFire" high-power laser weapon as it remains on the defensive more than two years into Russia's invasion. The U.K. has ...

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 ...

A new British military laser could be used in Ukraine to shoot down Russian drones, the defence secretary has suggested. The DragonFire weapon, which is expected to be ready for deployment by 2027 at ...

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 ...

Night-time image of a DragonFire laser firing at an aerial target at a demonstration in Scotland in March A UK high-power laser weapon could be sent to Ukraine to take down Russian drones, the defence ...

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 DragonFire laser directed-energy weapon achieved the U.K.’s first high-power firing of the weapon type against an aerial target. (Photo provided/British Defence Ministry) LONDON — An industry team ...

A UK high-power laser weapon could be sent to Ukraine to take down Russian drones, the defence secretary says. According to Grant Shapps, the weapon could have "huge ramifications" for the conflict in ...