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

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced that the high‑power laser system DragonFire successfully shot down drones ...

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has contracted MBDA UK to deliver two DragonFire laser-based directed energy weapon (DEW) ...

MBDA's DragonFire laser-based air defense system will join the Royal Navy from 2027 after achieving a UK-first by shooting ...

PARIS — MBDA UK won an order to supply the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy with the DragonFire drone-zapping laser in a £316 ...

The DragonFire system successfully shot down drones travelling at up to 650km/h at a range in Scotland, just as a £316m ...

A new laser weapon has taken down high-speed drones, with the MBDA awarded a £316m contract to deliver systems to the Royal ...

Despite the DragonFire laser’s impressive capabilities, it is not perfect; like all laser weapons, it operates only within line of sight, and can be degraded by poor weather conditions.

Britain’s DragonFire laser has destroyed high speed drones during recent trials at the Hebrides range, with the Ministry of ...

In new trials at the MOD’s Hebrides range, the laser shot down drones that can fly up to 650km/h - twice the top speed of a ...

After completing successful trials to shoot down high-speed drones, the MBDA-led DragonFire laser-directed energy weapon (LDEW) system has now been contracted by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to be ...

The government has awarded a contract to fund a new laser that. The £316m will be used to develop the DragonFire laser at ...