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Frigate Sachsen successfully engaged UAVs at short ranges in Baltic near Putlos military training area.

The German Navy successfully tested a shipboard laser weapon designed to combat drones. For the first time ever, the German Armed Forces deployed a shipboard laser weapon designed to combat drones.

Rheinmetall and MBDA win contract for high-energy laser system Germany’s Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has awarded a consortium, or ARGE, consisting of MBDA Deutschland GmbH and Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH a contract to fabricate, integrate and support testing of a laser weapon demonstrator in the maritime environment. The order value is in the low double-digit million euro range. Work will be shared out on a roughly equal...

Rheinmetall, MBDA Win Contract for High-energy Laser System Germany’s Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has awarded a consortium, or ARGE, consisting of MBDA Deutschland GmbH and Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH a contract to fabricate, integrate and support testing of a laser weapon demonstrator in the maritime environment. The order value is in the low double-dig...

Rheinmetall, MBDA building high-energy lasers for Germany’s Navy January 28 Rheinmetall and MBDA Deutschland plan to test a high-energy laser weapon in 2022 on the German Navy frigate Sachsen, pictured here in 2007 at Mayport Naval Station, Florida. (MC2 Elizabeth Williams/U.S. Navy) STUTTGART, Germany — Rheinmetall and MBDA Deutschland have been tasked to build, test and field a high-energy laser weapon system for the German Navy over the next year. The consortium, dubbed ARGE, was a...

Rheinmetall and MBDA win contract for high-energy laser system Rheinmetall and MBDA win contract for high-energy laser system Thursday, 28 January 2021 13:34 Germany’s Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has awarded a consortium, or ARGE, consisting of MBDA Deutschland GmbH and Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH a contract to fabricate, integrate and support testing of a laser weapon demonstrator in the maritime environm...