By George Allison, Published by UK Defence Journal, 4 September 2023 The Ministry of Defence has issued a Prior Information Notice to industry, signalling an intent to “accelerate and exploit at pace DEW as an emerging technology.” The notice serves as an advisory for a potential upcoming contract to tender
Concept art for Lockheed Martin’s offering to the U.S. Army’s Indirect Fires Protection Capability-High Energy Laser (IFPC-HEL) Demonstrator laser weapon system. (Image courtesy Lockheed Martin) By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 17 August 2023 "There have been some really impressive results," said MDA Executive Director Laura DeSimone on recent
The patch of the 75th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron revealed at the unit's activation ceremony on Aug. 11, 2023. (Image credit: USSF/iStock/Getty Images Plus) By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 16 August 2023 "We are changing the way targeting is done across the joint community when it comes to space
A 50 kilowatt-class laser mounted on a US Army Stryker vehicle By Chris Vallance, Published by The BBC, 19 July 2023 A European hub for high-energy laser weaponry is to be based in Livingston, Scotland, a big defence firm has said. Raytheon UK said the "advanced laser integration centre" would
The Demonstrator Laser Weapon System , which is meant to shoot down missiles. U.S. Air Force photo. By Matthew Gault, Published by Vice, 1 June 2023 Washington is interested in the weapons but worries they'll end up in the 'valley of death' if the Pentagon isn't careful. The Pentagon is
Military Expert Decodes The Claims By Tanmay Kadam, Published by The Eurasian Times, 16 April 2023 According to a recent report by the state-owned media outlet Ria Novosti, Russia claimed to have developed an electronic warfare (EW) system that can jam satellites in geostationary orbit at an altitude of 36,000
By Parth Satam, Published by the Eurasian Times, 8 April 2023 The US aims to overwhelm Russian and Chinese anti-satellite weapons with the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) 500 communications, data transfer, and missile tracking satellites. The first batch of 10 satellites was launched on April 2. SDA director Derek M.
By Ashish Dangwai, Published by The Eurasian Times, 31 March 2023 China claims to have developed a compact power source that could drastically reduce the size of a high-power microwave weapon capable of downing Starlink satellites. This device can produce up to 10 gigawatts of power, with a frequency of
