Royal Navy to enhance air defence with cutting-edge DragonFire laser by 2027
The Royal Navy is set to bolster its air defence capabilities by deploying the cutting-edge DragonFire laser weapon system aboard a warship by 2027.
The Royal Navy is set to bolster its air defence capabilities by deploying the cutting-edge DragonFire laser weapon system aboard a warship by 2027.
The UK DragonFire laser programme is accelerating following a decision from the UK Ministry of Defence to install the weapon system on Royal Navy ships.
The DragonFire laser directed energy weapon (LDEW) is the result of a GBP 100 million joint investment by industry and the UK Ministry of Defence.
MBDA and its partners in the DragonFire consortium have successfully carried out the first static high power laser firing of a sovereign UK capability at the Dstl’s range in Porton Down.
Dragonfire, the UK’s Laser Directed Energy Programme (LDEW) led by MBDA, has successfully begun a series of trials to prove the accuracy and power of the novel laser weapon.