New energy weapon replaces million-dollar missiles at 13 cents a shot

The Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon (RFDEW) is part of the British government’s policy to respond to a changing geopolitical situation, placing the country’s defense on more of a war footing as it increases spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030. This … Continue reading New energy weapon replaces million-dollar missiles at 13 cents a shot

Declassified video shows DragonFire laser weapon in action

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’s Dragonfire laser weapon engages first aerial targets

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

UK, Japan, and Italy team up to build 6th-Gen fighter plane

The Sixth-Generation fighter plane commonly known as the Tempest has taken a major step toward being reality after Britain, Japan, and Italy signed an international treaty in Tokyo to create a formal partnership to develop a new supersonic aircraft.Con… Continue reading UK, Japan, and Italy team up to build 6th-Gen fighter plane

UK MoD wants to add ChatGPT to combat simulation robots

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

UK MoD to use scarily realistic mannequin to train Army surgeons

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

Britain test fires its first high-energy laser weapon

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced that it successfully test fired Britain’s first high-powered, long-range laser directed energy weapon (LDEW), called DragonFire, on October 17 at the Porton Down science park test range in Wiltshire.Contin… Continue reading Britain test fires its first high-energy laser weapon

World’s first laser-controlled drone easily evades countermeasures

Counter-drone systems typically attack a UAV’s radio control or GPS systems, disabling pilot control as well as pre-programmed missions. But British defense tech company QinetiQ has now demonstrated a laser-controlled drone these systems can’t stop.Con… Continue reading World’s first laser-controlled drone easily evades countermeasures

UK Ministry of Defence developing missiles that talk to each other

The British Ministry of Defence is investing £3.5 million (US$4.8 million) in the Defence Science Technology Laboratory (Dstl) for the Co-operative Strike Weapons Technology Demonstrator (CSWTD) program to develop new systems that will allow missiles i… Continue reading UK Ministry of Defence developing missiles that talk to each other

Seagull unmanned surface vehicle demonstrates anti-submarine potential

Elbit Systems UK’s autonomous Seagull Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) has completed Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) sea trials off the British coast in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence, with the USA’s L3Harris Technologies providing sonar systems… Continue reading Seagull unmanned surface vehicle demonstrates anti-submarine potential