Summary: The Royal Navy is set to revolutionize its warship armament by equipping them with the DragonFire laser-directed energy weapon (LDEW) by 2027. This initiative, propelled by over £100 million ...

A new high-tech laser weapon developed by the UK that is capable of shooting down enemy drones and missiles could be sent to Ukraine. The weapon, dubbed DragonFire, was originally slated for ...

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 ...

Britain's Royal Navy ships will be fitted with the DragonFire laser weapon by 2027 – five years earlier than planned – following recent successful trials involving fast-moving drones.… The Ministry of ...

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 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 ...

The DragonFire MDC programme has grown out of the DragonFire LDEW capability demonstrator (pictured). This has de-risked and demonstrated key technologies, including coherent beam combining. (Richard ...

The UK will deploy its new DragonFire laser weapons on board four warships as part of plans to boost its military. A UK Ministry of Defence official told BI that the plan is for the weapons to be ...

The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has released declassified footage of its DragonFire laser weapon. DragonFire shoots a high-power beam at the speed of light. It’s so precise, it can fry a target the ...