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MBDA won the competition being run by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory to build the demonstrator several months ago, but the announcement was held up after rival bidder Thales UK lodged a protest against the decision.  <br\/> <br\/> <\/div> <div>  The grounds for the protest, or the fact the protest had been lodged, were never made public. The Thales protest was\u00a0recently\u00a0rejected, leaving the way open for Fallon to make the announcement. <\/div> <div> <br\/> <\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MBDA will lead a consortium, which includes Qinetiq, Leonardo, GKN, BAE Systems, Marshall Aerospace and Defence, and Arke. \u00a0 <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The consortium, known as Dragonfire, beat out rival bids from Thales UK, a Babcock-Raytheon team, Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prototype is scheduled to be delivered for trials by 2019 as Britain plays catch up in a field dominated in the West by US and German developments.  <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, Lockheed Martin executives in the US said it was now possible to produce viable laser weapons capable of taking out small targets like missiles and trucks. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2014, the US Navy deployed a laser weapon onboard a warship for field testing.  <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adm. 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