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

British military tested out a powerful laser that can take down high-speed drones which have become widely available in the ...

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

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

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.

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 ...

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.

The laser aimed at an RAF aircraft by a Russian ship may have been a simple handheld pen, but far more advanced devices are ...

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

UK's revolutionary laser weapon shoots down high-speed drones in new trials. Britain’s ground-breaking DragonFire laser ...

The UK armed forces have successfully tested a laser weapons system capable of destroying drones travelling at up to ...