German defense firms Rheinmetall and MBDA Germany plan to establish a joint venture in early 2026 to develop and produce naval laser weapon systems, aiming to provide the German Navy (Deutsche Marine) ...

German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall and European defence contractor MBDA are set to establish a joint venture for naval ...

Rheinmetall and MBDA in Germany are planning on establishing a joint venture for their naval laser activities in the first ...

Militaries spent decades trying to turn light into a weapon. In 2025, introduction of several lasers show how fast technology ...

The German division of missile firm MBDA Systems and arms maker Rheinmetall have agreed to establish a new joint-venture ...

Born out of battlefield necessity and sharpened by constant pressure, Ukraine’s Trident laser system shows how a nation at ...

Rheinmetall and MBDA Deutschland on 5 January announced plans to establish a joint venture (JV) for their naval laser ...

Rheinmetall and MBDA plan to form a joint venture in 2026 to develop naval laser weapon systems, following successful German ...

In parallel, Japan has built a heavy-truck demonstrator with a 10-kilowatt-class laser for stopping small drones. Mitsubishi ...

The U.S. Navy is switching its focus on directed-energy weapons from the megawatt-class free-electron laser to less-powerful solid-state lasers, announcing plans to develop and demonstrate a prototype ...

The U.S. Navy may be moving at sub-light speed in developing a ship-board laser weapon, but service officials say they remain more committed than ever to the effort even though there still is no ...

We’ve been keeping a close, close eye on the U.S. Navy’s Laser Weapons System since it first appeared, and the more we heard about it, the more we were impressed. This summer, one lucky ship will be ...