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Epirus Delivers Prototype Counter-Swarm Energy Weapon To Navy

Epirus Delivers Prototype Counter-Swarm Energy Weapon To Navy
Concept art of an Epirus Expeditionary Directed Energy Counter-Swarm (ExDECS) high-power microwave weapon in action against a swarm of four Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. (Image: Epirus, still from announcement video)

Epirus, a defense startup, on Tuesday said it delivered its prototype high-power microwave (HPM)  Expeditionary Directed Energy Counter-Swarm (ExDECS) weapon to the Navy for testing earlier this year. The ExDECS is derived from the company's Leonidas Expeditionary counter-drone HPM system and is meant to support a Marine Corps’ experimentation objective to evaluate the benefits of HPM to its Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) mission and enhance Ground Based Air Defense (GBAD) capabilities. The company said it shipped the prototype ExDECS to…

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