U.S. Epirus Leonidas Anti-Swarm Microwave Weapon Joins Pentagon Counter-Drone Marketplace

The US military's Joint Interagency Task Force 401 added Epirus' Leonidas high-power microwave system to its counter-unmanned-aircraft marketplace, making the technology available through an established government acquisition pathway. Leonidas uses electronically directed electromagnetic energy to disrupt drone electronics and is designed to engage multiple small aircraft within a defended area rather than launching individual kinetic interceptors. The inclusion follows earlier testing and demonstration activity involving the company's counter-swarm technology, but it does not identify a new purchase quantity or contract value. Marketplace acceptance primarily simplifies evaluation and ordering for authorized users, not automatic deployment across military installations.