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# UK signs GBP 316 million DragonFire contract for Type 45 destroyers
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-11-20-uk-mbda-dragonfire-type45-contract/
- Published: 2025-11-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T16:02:12.000Z
- Description: The UK Ministry of Defence signed a GBP 316 million contract with MBDA UK on 20 November 2025 to fit DragonFire laser weapons on Type 45 destroyers. The first ship will be equipped by the end of 2027, five years early.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [Naval News, 20 November 2025](https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/11/uk-contracts-for-dragonfire-naval-laser-capability-to-help-build-cost-effective-ship-based-defence/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not confirm contracts for the remaining two of the four destroyers the MoD has committed to equip.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-11\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)