The NAZAR system was first displayed at the IDEF 2021 exhibition in Istanbul in August 2021. Following the initial announcement of the system, there were
The DragonFire consortium have successfully carried out the first static high-power laser firing of a sovereign UK capability…
German frigate Sachsen successfully engaged drones at short and very short range with a laser weapon system developed by Rheinmetall and MBDA Deutschland.
Lockheed Martin delivered to the U.S. Navy a 60+ kW-class high energy laser with integrated optical-dazzler and surveillance (HELIOS)…
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.
During an Office of Naval Research (ONR) test, an all-electric, high-energy laser weapon was used to defeat a target representing a subsonic cruise missile in flight.
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) announced that one of its Atlantique 2 (ATL2) Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) was targeted with a laser in Brittany, Western France. The aircraft used its own sensors to identify and locate the individual who was quickly arrested.
Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) conducted a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration, Dec. 14, while sailing in the Gulf of Aden.
Unseenlabs, the European leader in satellite-based radio frequency (RF) geolocation of ships at sea, has won a French MoD contract to experiment a new high-speed optical communication system for satellites.
The French Armament General Directorate (DGA), French Company CILAS and the French Navy (Marine Nationale) are set to test the HELMA-P laser weapon system from a vessel at sea in 2022.
