Ferocious lasers are set to be fitted to four Royal Navy warships as the government intends to invest in new technologies.

Commenting on the use of DragonFire in the Royal Navy, Dr David Blagden, from the University of Exeter’s Strategy and Security Institute, said: “The particular value of directed-energy ...

The UK is moving forward with plans to deploy its new DragonFire laser weapon on warships. Lasers could offer a cheap defense ...

On March 21, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Boeing would be awarded a contract valued at more than $20 billion to develop the F-47, a sixth-generation ...

Experts believe low-cost drones and loitering munitions have emerged as critical force multipliers in modern conflicts, as ...

The spaced-aged 'death ray', dubbed 'DragonFire', is used to blow up missiles, jets and swarms of explosive suicide drones - with a former head of the Royal Navy hailing them 'war-winners'.

The spectre of Donald Trump - and further US tariffs - loomed large over the spring statement ...

The chancellor will say "the world is changing before our eyes" as she delivers make-or-break Spring Statement.

Defence will receive a further £2.2bn funding boost this year which will include equipping Royal Navy ships with state-of-the ...

The Ministry of Defence had previously announced a DragonFire mount would go to sea on a single warship in 2027, but this ...

An extra £2.2 billion will be spent on the UK’s defence over the next year, the Chancellor is to announce at the spring statement. Rachel Reeves will say the UK must “move quickly in a changing world” ...

Claims by Ukraine military official of a newly deployed combat laser joins a larger trend in directed energy weapons on the ...