Rheinmetall, an automotive and arms maker, is using a partnership with the builder of F-35 fighter jets to move into aviation ...

Rheinmetall and Diehl Defence have signed a contract with India’s Reliance Defence Limited for the production in India of ...

PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. drone-maker Anduril and German defense giant Rheinmetall said on Wednesday they will partner to build aerial drones for European markets, in a sign of Europe leveraging American ...

The renewed industrial co-operation follows a MoU signed in June 2024 to collaborate on rocket artillery and laser weapon systems, simulation and training for land vehicles and rotorcraft ...

The DragonFire laser achieved the U.K.’s first high-power firing of the weapon type against an aerial target in January 2024. (British Defence Ministry) PARIS — The United Kingdom is ...

TALOS-TWO is aiming to develop Europe's first fully sovereign 100 kW-class laser-directed energy weapons by 2030. The €25m project got underway in December 2024, building on the work of the original ...

Laser weapons are to be used in the fight against drones in future. By 2030, European laser weapons with an output of 100 kilowatts should be ready for use.

New HEL weapons are smaller than the 1980s monsters, with a goal of 100 to 150 kilowatts—less than a tenth of what the SDI had in mind—and powered by electricity rather than rocket-like ...

German companies Rheinmetall and MBDA Deutschland are planning to establish a joint venture to develop ship-based laser weapons. This is according to German publication Hartpunkt. This collaboration ...

German companies Rheinmetall and MBDA Germany are planning to set up a joint venture to develop a naval laser weapon. German publication Hartpunkt reported on this. Rheinmetall and MBDA have been ...

In December 2024, Rheinmetall announced a new contract to supply Ukraine with additional 20 Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs). Scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2025, the order is ...

Laser Weapons in Service The first known operational deployment of a laser weapon began in 2014 on board the USS Ponce (AFSB (I)-15) while deployed to the Persian Gulf.