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In a newly declassified video, the UK’s £100 million (US$127 million) DragonFire laser weapon can be seen going through its paces as it blasted test bench and field targets, including drones and mortar rounds.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, Technol… Continue reading Declassified video shows DragonFire laser weapon in action
Britain has fired its Dragonfire high-powered laser weapon at aerial targets for the first time. The test of the Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) on the Ministry of Defence’s Hebrides Range was designed to demonstrate its power and accuracy.Continue… Continue reading Britain’s Dragonfire laser weapon engages first aerial targets
If your close combat simulation droid isn’t chatty enough, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has your back. It’s awarded a contract to combat training specialist company 4GD to add ChatGPT language models to its SimStriker robot targets.Continue Reading… Continue reading UK MoD wants to add ChatGPT to combat simulation robots
In a stomach-churning development, the UK Ministry of Defence has unveiled the latest version of the Surgical Advanced Mannequin (SAM) for training combat surgeons, which is almost too good at simulating battle injuries, including very realistic bleedi… Continue reading UK MoD to use scarily realistic mannequin to train Army surgeons
In another step from the workbench to the battlefield, Raytheon UK is integrating its first high-energy 15-kW laser weapon into a Wolfhound armored vehicle for the British Army as part of the Ministry of Defence’s Land Demonstrator laser program.Contin… Continue reading Raytheon UK to install laser weapon on British Army fighting vehicle
To help counter the increasing threat of micro and mini drones, the British Army has shelled out £4.6million (US$5.8 million) to equip the infantry’s SA80 A3 assault rifles with the SmartShooter SMASH Smart Weapon Sight Fire Control System, which is a … Continue reading British Army gets drone-killing rifle sights
The United States, Britain, and Germany have agreed to supply Ukraine with main battle Tanks to aid its resistance to Russia’s invasion. What are these tanks, will they turn the tide of the war, and in which direction? New Atlas takes a look.Continue R… Continue reading Ukraine gets NATO main battle tanks. Will it change the tide of the war?
Hundreds of thousands of people who follow the official social media accounts of the British Army may have been surprised to see that it had been hijacked by hackers on Sunday.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Official British Army Twitter and YouTube accounts hijacked by NFT scammers
The British Ministry of Defence (MOD) has given three four-year contracts worth £72.5 million (US$99 million) to consortia led by Thales and Raytheon UK to develop laser and radio frequency demonstrator weapons to be mounted on Royal Navy ships and Bri… Continue reading UK awards contracts to field test laser weapons on sea and land
Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) has won an £800-million (US$1.1-billion) contract from the Ministry of Defence to upgrade 148 of the British Army’s Cold War era Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks to Challenger 3 specifications. Work will begin this yea… Continue reading British Army to roll out upgraded Main Battle Tank in 2027