Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 62204

Lasers: Weapons

Tabled: 24 June 2025

Answered: 30 June 2025

Named Day

Question

James Cartlidge

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2024 to Question 18148 on Lasers: Weapons, what progress he has made on developing (a) radio frequency directed energy weapons, (b) DragonFire laser and (c) other directed en

Answer

Maria Eagle

Following the Strategic Defence Review, this Government has announced nearly £1 billion in further investment for Directed Energy Weapons (DEW), an example of how we will be at the leading edge of innovation and novel capabilities within NATO.We recently ...

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