SCHROBENHAUSEN, Germany, Nov. 16 (UPI) --MBDA Deutschland has successfully tested the beam guidance and tracking system of a high-energy laser effector under real environmental conditions. The ...

Scalable laser weapon system brings down UAVs in all weathers, showing promise for military deployment. Powered by IPG fiber lasers, the MBDA effector can achieve an outputs of up to 100,000kW.

PARIS — The growing use of micro-UAVs for intrusive surveillance has spurred MBDA Germany to develop a laser technology demonstrator it claims can knock out a small drone at a range of 3 three ...

London accelerates its laser weapons program after successful tests in Scotland prove a new high-energy system can strike with remarkable precision.

A laser weapon built by the German subsidiary of missile specialist MBDA Systems tracked and destroyed artillery shell targets in tests carried out last month – with the company saying that a ...

MBDA will conduct a test-firing campaign next month using a laser weapon intended to destroy improvised explosive devices (IED) and also protect German forces from attacks using rockets, artillery or ...

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Germany is planning to install a laser cannon on its warships. A K-130 class corvette next year will receive a prototype high-energy laser weapons system, or HELWS, for a two-year demonstration, ...

Aug. 12 (UPI) --German defense contractors Rheinmetall and MBDA Deutschland will build a high-energy laser for installation aboard a German navy ship. While performance specifications or timetables ...

Missile maker MBDA is conducting research into the use of lasers to small, slow-flying unmanned aerial systems (UAS). In a presentation at the company’s chalet, executives showed footage of an ...

LONDON — Britain's defense secretary has confirmed that MBDA UK has secured a £30 million (US $40 million) deal to build a laser-directed energy weapon demonstrator. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is ...

The real-world effectiveness of laser weapons is to be tested in a new laboratory inaugurated in Bordeauc, France, by European missile manufacturer MBDA. The lab has been developed jointly with the ...