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Practical high-energy laser weapons came a step closer to reality in November as Rheinmetall tested its new 50 kW high-energy weapon laser demonstrator. The series of exercises took place at the ...
Rheinmetall has introduced the Skyranger 30 HEL. (Rheinmetall) Rheinmetall announced in a press release on 4 February that it has introduced a Skyranger 30 system with a high-energy laser (HEL).
Rheinmetall High Energy Lasers. With its high-energy laser effector (HEL), Rheinmetall Defence last year made another important step toward a field-ready version of this groundbreaking technology.
Rheinmetall and MBDA Deutschland plan to test a high-energy laser weapon in 2022 on the German Navy frigate Sachsen, pictured here in 2007 at Mayport Naval Station, Florida. (MC2 Elizabeth ...
Rheinmetall's growth is fueled by European rearmament, but valuation concerns persist. Read why I recommend alternative ...
The laser weapon demonstrator was created by the High-Energy Laser Naval Demonstrator working group ("ARGE"), which was composed of MBDA Deutschland GmbH and Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH.
The SPEXER radar family, already part of Germany's cUAS field camps and high-energy laser defence programmes, continues to be an element in the Bundeswehr's modern air defence strategy, alongside ...
T wo German armament manufacturers, MBDA Deutschland and Rheinmetall, through a collaborative working group called ARGE, will bring their joint naval product, a High-Energy Laser (HEL) weapon ...
Rheinmetall’s (OTCPK:RNMBY) (OTCPK:RNMBF) shares rose 8.5% Wednesday after the German defense contractor forecast significant growth this year, projecting a sales increase of between 25% and 30% ...
Lannion, 12 May 2025 - 5.45pm LUMIBIRD RECEIVES LASER RANGEFINDER ORDERS FOR SKYRANGER 30 The Lumibird Group (FR0000038242 - LBIRD), European leader in laser technologies, announces that its ...
But Rheinmetall and MBDA are betting they can finally make a laser weapons system work. Israel’s Rafael is also betting on a laser air defense system, the Iron Beam, which may be fielded as ...
US Department of Defense, Defense Science Board Task Force on High Energy Laser Weapon Systems Applications (SuDoc D 1.107:2002017434), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, ...