The UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the DragonFire high-energy laser weapon will be installed on Royal Navy Type 45 ...

The United Kingdom has said it intends to field the DragonFire directed-energy laser weapon on Royal Navy destroyers by 2027.

The DragonFire laser systems are expected to be installed on two Type 45 destroyers by 2027, although their effectiveness ...

The UK's new laser weapon could be used in Ukraine, the UK defense secretary said. The laser, dubbed DragonFire, was originally scheduled for deployment in 2027. Grant Shapps hopes to speed up the ...

The UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed that its DragonFire directed-energy weapon system successfully destroyed drones travelling at speeds of up to 403 mph in recent trials. With a per-shot cost of ...

The UK is moving forward with plans to deploy its new DragonFire laser weapon on warships. Lasers are being deployed to combat new threats from drones. The UK said the laser can hit a small coin from ...

The 50 kW laser costs about £10 per shot.

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.

The DragonFire laser-directed energy weapon (LDEW) system has achieved the UK’s first high-power firing of a laser weapon against aerial targets during a trial at the MOD Hebrides Range. The latest ...

The UK military has carried out its first high-power firing of a laser against aerial targets – with the weapon using an “intense beam of light” to cut through drones. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) ...

The DragonFire lines up with other European laser-directed energy weapons being developed in collaboration with MBDA. After completing successful trials to shoot down high-speed drones, the MBDA-led ...

DragonFire isn’t the name of a new Game of Thrones spinoff, but it is possibly powerful enough that it could shoot down the mythical beasts from the hit series House of the Dragon. It is the new ...