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RAF and US Navy look to improve laser defence SWaP

laser-directed-energy defence system application depiction, shooting a UAS drone

Lockheed Martin's HELIOS laser-directed-energy system has been integrated onto the US Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the USS Preble, to take down UAS threats (Image: Lockheed Martin)

Recent programmes announced by both forces reveal the precision and power benefits laser technologies can bring to the battlefield

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