According to Rheinmetall, the new laser is designed to counter drones, drone swarms, speedboats and missiles at very short range. Later upgrades will be able to take on supersonic missiles ...

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 ...

Confident in their skills in the laser weapon sector, ... Though, now, after Rheinmetall’s announcement on 20 September 2024, this will be sometime between 2029-30.

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 ...

After the 10-year €5 billion F-35 collaboration with Lockheed, Rheinmetall is eyeing additional cooperations with the US defense giant worth €13.5 billion, ranging from GMARS to laser weapons ...

By 2030, European laser weapons with an output of 100 kilowatts should be ready for use. heise+ entdecken ... the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and the defense companies Lenoardo, MBDA and Rheinmetall.

German defense concern Rheinmetall intends to refocus two of its enterprises from producing cars to producing military equipment. Reuters reported this on Tuesday, February 25.. The expansion of ...

Rheinmetall AG (OTCPK:RNMBF) Q3 2024 Results Conference Call November 7, ... There is a laser weapon but it can be also gun based in combination with scan-based and laser-based weapons for the Navy.

An incredible image buried deep in an annual military report released last month shows the U.S. Navy test-firing a high-powered laser weapon at a drone target from one of its warships.. The photo ...

The Latvian government is in talks with German weapons manufacturer Rheinmetall AG on producing defense equipment domestically as part of an effort by Baltic nations to bolster their military ...