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The Ministry of Defence has confirmed plans to accelerate the deployment of the cutting-edge 'DragonFire Laser Directed ...
The possibility of the world's first war in space appears to be increasing after recent comments by the Chief of the U.S.
Brent Sadler, a senior research fellow specializing in naval warfare with the Heritage Foundation, said predictive AI and big ...
It was previously unconfirmed which class of warship the under-development UK air defence laser would be installed upon.
An industry-funded directed energy counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) vehicle is headed to the US Army's Fires Center ...
An industry-funded version of the Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (DE M-SHORAD) platform is headed to the US ...
The U.S. Army is expected to soon get a new type of high-energy weapon that could potentially fry enemy drones. HII, a Virginia-based defense firm, has been awarded a contract to develop an open ...
The program's goal is to pick a prime contractor for production in the first quarter of FY26, with a potential transition to producing up to 20 laser weapon systems by the third quarter of FY26 under ...
Claims by Ukraine military official of a newly deployed combat laser joins a larger trend in directed energy weapons on the ...
A race is on in the Middle East to develop sophisticated laser weapons. Gulf states are seeking to emulate Israel's Iron Beam air defenses. Cheap drones are exposing gaps in current air defense ...
MCLEAN, Va. - HII (NYSE: HII), a global defense provider with a market capitalization of $7.9 billion and annual revenue of $11.54 billion, has been selected to create a High-Energy Laser (HEL) weapon ...