PARIS — MBDA UK won an order to supply the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy with the DragonFire drone-zapping laser in a £316 ...
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 ...
Britain on Thursday awarded a 316-million-pound ($413 million) contract to missile company MBDA UK to provide DragonFire ...
MBDA's DragonFire laser-based air defense system will join the Royal Navy from 2027 after achieving a UK-first by shooting ...
The DragonFire also offers a much cheaper than traditional missile-based air defense. It will make the U.K. the first ...
The government has awarded a contract to fund a new laser that can shoot down high-speed drones. The £316m will be used to ...
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has contracted MBDA UK to deliver two DragonFire laser-based directed energy weapon (DEW) ...
DragonFire is the UK’s new high-power laser weapon system, intended for Royal Navy ships from 2027. Here's a straightforward guide to Britain's new laser weapon.
Sweden has expanded its acquisition of the Common Anti-air Modular Missile, signing a contract amendment with MBDA to enable ...
Luke Pollard,MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, and Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, said DragonFire would ...
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Britain’s DragonFire Laser Can Torch Drones in Mid-Air

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.
MBDA awarded £316 million contract to deliver new DragonFire systems to the Royal Navy from 2027, after achieving UK first in latest testing by ...