How High Power Microwave Weapons Stop Drone Swarms

Podcast: The Innovation Attorney Podcast · The Innovation Attorney

Opublikowano: 2026-10-11

High power microwave weapons stop drone swarms with one electromagnetic pulse, and the Army paid Epirus $43,551,060 in July 2025 for two Generation II Leonidas systems. In October 2026 the Pentagon named Leonidas the only microwave weapon in a one year drone defense pilot at five bases, and the Army documented in April 2026 that it plans no further microwave purchases. The cost per shot runs in cents, the strongest test evidence comes from the vendor, and the range stops near one kilometer. Cheap drones broke the cost logic of air defense. The Pentagon acquisition chief said in April 2024 that efforts...