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Kilby: HELIOS Laser Weapon Problems Delayed Testing, Not At Full Power - Defense Daily

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The Navy’s top officer revealed a laser weapon installed on a destroyer to test an ability to disable drones and small boats has had problems in testing and is still […]
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Great Britain: Four Destroyer Receive DragonFire Laser Weapons - Marineforum

The Kingdom intends to pay just under EUR 3 billion for a weapon-technical upgrade of the type 45 destroyer (Daring class) – not only to give the fleet more firepower in the short term, but also to noticeably get closer to the 2.5% target in defence spending. Not only one, but four of the ships should be equipped with the laser weapon system DragonFire LDEW (Laser Directed Energy Weapon) by 2027, which so far only exists as a demonstrator.

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Kilby, strategic systems lead weigh ‘alternatives’ for SLCM-N - ExchangeMonitor

(Page 1) Admiral James Kilby, acting chief of Naval Operations, told a Congressional hearing last week that he was in talks with the director of Strategic Systems

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Kilby: HELIOS Laser Weapon Problems Delayed Testing, Not At Full Power - Defense Daily

The Navy’s top officer revealed a laser weapon installed on a destroyer to test an ability to disable drones and small boats has had problems in testing and is still […]

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Defense Daily broke the news in on Monday, May 19, 2025.
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