Leonidas: A High Power Microwave System to Counter Drone Swarms
A mobile weapons system, capable of traveling autonomously to the battlefield and shooting down swarms of hostile drones using beams of microwave energy, is being developed by Epirus and General Dynamics.
Los Angeles-based defense technology company Epirus and a subsidiary of global defense contractor General Dynamics have teamed up to create the Leonidas Autonomous Robotic vehicle (Leonidas AR), a mobile counter-UAS system.
- The Leonidas AR integrates Epirus’s Leonidas high-power microwave (HPM) counter-drone platform.
- It uses General Dynamics Land Systems’ Tracked Robot 10-ton (TRX) unmanned ground vehicle.
A mobile weapons system... might seem like the stuff of science fiction, but it could be showing up soon in war zones across the world.
Author's summary: Epirus and General Dynamics unveil Leonidas AR to counter drone swarms.
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