Bundeswehr Successfully Concludes Laser Weapon Trials
Bundeswehr successfully concludes laser weapon trials at sea after integration of the LWD onboard the German frigate SACHSEN in June 2022. ~... Read More
DEIMOS ~ Lockheed Martin Laser Achieves First Light
Lockheed Martin achieves first light in latest DEIMOS (Directed Energy Interceptor for Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense System) demonstration. ~ Press Release, Bothell,... Read More
German Armed Forces First Operational HEL Tests
German Armed Forces conduct first operational tests of high-energy laser (HEL) weapon against drones from a frigate in the Baltic Sea. ~... Read More
RAFAEL Iron Beam Laser Successfully Completes Live Tests
RAFAEL’s high-power laser air defence system ‘Iron Beam’ successfully completes series of live tests against steep-track threats. ~ Press Release, Tel Aviv,... Read More
New DE M-SHORAD Weapon Zaps UAS And Other Threats
New DE M-SHORAD weapon zaps UAS & other threats ~ the US Army is to field a 50-kW laser on Stryker combat... Read More
MZA Associates Awarded C-UAS HELWS Contract
MZA Associates is awarded an $18.7m contract for the C-UAS (counter unmanned aerial vehicle) HELWS (High Energy Laser Weapon System). ~ US... Read More
Israeli Airborne High-Power Laser System Interception
Israel MoD successfully completes its first-ever series of interception tests employing an Airborne High-Power Laser System. ~ Israeli MoD Press Release, Tel... Read More
Rheinmetall Laser Source Demonstrator For Bundeswehr
Weapon system of the future ~ Rheinmetall Waffe Munition is developing a laser source demonstrator for the Bundeswehr. ~ Press Release, Düsseldorf,... Read More
US Air Force Orders MRAP RADBO Vehicles
Parsons Government Services Inc. has been awarded a $40 million contract for MRAP RADBO (Recovery of Airbase Denied By Ordnance) vehicles. ~... Read More
Rheinmetall and MBDA Naval High-Energy Laser Collaboration
Rheinmetall and MBDA have agreed to collaborate to develop a high-energy laser effector system for the German Navy’s K130 corvette fleet. ~... Read More
