A multinational defence firm will build a new weapons hub in Scotland to develop laser weapons that target small attack drones.
The defence and intelligence technology firm Raytheon UK said the war in Ukraine has highlighted the threat posed by drones.
“We’ve all seen that asymmetric threats like drones, rockets, artillery, and mortars are a serious problem, and demand is spiking for cost-effective lasers to defeat them,” said Michael Hofle, senior director of High Energy Lasers at Raytheon Intelligence and Space.
Experts expect high-energy lasers to make up as much as 30 percent of an air defence’s infrastructure in the future, said John Gallagher, managing director of weapons and sensors at Raytheon UK….