US Army Designs High Power Microwave Capable Radar To Destroy Enemy Drone Threats

General Dynamics Land Systems, a global leader in providing innovative, high technology and next-generation ground combat solutions to customers, announces a Strategic Teaming Agreement with Epirus, Inc., a high-growth technology company developing directed energy systems that enable unprecedented counter-electronics effects. GD and Epirus will collaborate to integrate the Leonidas directed energy system and broader high-power microwave technology into the U.S. Army’s Stryker and other manned and autonomous ground combat vehicles for enhanced mobile Short Range Air Defense (SHORAD) capabilities. The Leonidas system is primarily designed to use high-power microwave capability to take out airborne drone swarms, but also has the ability to knock out vehicles and sea vessels.