{"id":24266,"date":"2024-09-30T14:58:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T14:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2024\/09\/30\/marines-to-receive-new-system-for-zapping-drone-swarms-out-of-the-sky\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T21:05:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:05:34","slug":"marines-to-receive-new-system-for-zapping-drone-swarms-out-of-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/electronic-warfare\/2024\/09\/30\/marines-to-receive-new-system-for-zapping-drone-swarms-out-of-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Marines to receive new system for zapping drone swarms out of the sky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A defense company making high-powered microwave systems that melt drones announced a new iteration of its product last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Developed by Eprius, the long-pulse, high-power microwave technology known as Leonidas Expeditionary can drop swarms of drones with massive and pointed walls of electromagnetic energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Epirus has already delivered high-powered microwave systems to the Army as part of a $66 million contract last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It developed its latest Leonidas capability in partnership with the Office of Naval Research, Joint Counter-Small UAS Office, the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Lab and the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office (JCO). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company unveiled the system on Sept. 23 and is expected to deliver the completed system to the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab by the end of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far there are four iterations of the Leonidas system including the newest, which is formally known as the Expeditionary Directed Energy Counter-Swarm, or ExDECS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier Leonidas offerings have included systems that can be attached to vehicles or air drones. <\/p>\n\n\n\t