The UK Ministry of Defence (UKMoD) has successfully trialled a military laser which can engage targets with extreme accuracy while reducing reliance on high-cost direct and indirect-fire ammunition. During a trial at the MOD’s Hebrides Range in Scotland, the DragonFire Laser…
European missile house MBDA has received three contracts worth around £400 million ($773 million) for an Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) upgrade and enhanced support of the Sea Viper principal area air defence system of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers. The…
BAE Systems Australia and European missile group MBDA have announced a collaboration agreement that will support Australia as it establishes its sovereign Guided Weapon and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) capability. The Australian government is expected to make GWEO-related announcements over the…
European guided weapons company MBDA is set to re-open its office in Canberra as it positions itself for an Australian market that will be shaped by the Defence Strategic Review (DSR). While it has yet to name a new in-country…
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 DSTL’s range in Porton Down. Using QinetiQ’s phase-combined laser demonstrator, generating in the order of 50kW…
Dragonfire, the UK’s Laser Directed Energy Weapon Programme (LDEW) led by MBDA, has begun a series of trials to prove the accuracy and power of the novel laser weapon. The first of these trials recently conducted at low power by…