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Epirus Leonidas

High-power microwave system · Epirus · US

Solid-state high-power microwave system that disables the electronics of drones and drone swarms over a wide area with a deep, effectively unlimited magazine. Delivered to the US Army under the IFPC-HPM program for fixed and expeditionary defense.

Specifications

Effect

Epirus Leonidas — Effect
Specification	Value
Method	High-power microwave electronic disruption
Engagement	Area effect against multiple simultaneous targets

Epirus Leonidas — Power
Specification	Value
Architecture	Solid-state GaN amplifier array (public)
Magazine	Limited only by available electrical power

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Counters

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What it counters

UAVIR

Shahed-136 (Geran-2)

Loitering munition (one-way attack)

Range: 2000 km class (public est.)
Speed: 185 km/h
Ceiling: 4000 m class
Warhead mass: 40 kg class

UAVUA

7-inch FPV quadcopter class

FPV multirotor (class entry)

Range: 5-20 km typical (class)
Endurance: 15-30 min typical (class)
Max speed: 100 km/h class
All-up weight: 1-3 kg typical (class)

Compare

Epirus Leonidas vs AFRL THOR

High-power microwave is the leading candidate for defeating drone swarms economically, and these are the two systems the US has actually fielded or operationally assessed. Leonidas's solid-state architecture against THOR's containerized demonstrator marks the technology's path to a program of record.

Sources

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