Raytheon UK comes to DSEI laser focused (Studio)

15th September 2021 - 13:30 GMT | by Studio

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Raytheon UK has been awarded a demonstrator contract to provide a High-Energy Laser Weapon System to the UK Ministry of Defence.

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On the first day of DSEI, Alex Rose-Parfitt, engineering director at Raytheon UK, outlines the capabilities of the company's High-Energy Laser Weapon System, or HELWS.

Raytheon UK will deliver the MoD’s high-energy laser demonstrator to show the application of directed energy weapons technology to help protect the UK armed forces from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

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