12:55 PM EDT, 07/22/2024 (MT Newswires) -- RTX (RTX) said Monday that its Raytheon UK unit has successfully tested the aerospace and defense company's High-Energy Laser Weapon System integrated onto a British Army combat vehicle.

RTX said the portable HELWS is the first laser weapon fired from a land vehicle in the UK.

The company said the test "marks a major leap forward" in the UK Ministry of Defense's Land Laser Directed Energy Weapon Demonstrator program.

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