Monday, October 25, 2021

US Army To Get New Counter-Drone Tech

Epirus and General Dynamics Land Systems are teaming up to upgrade Strykers with enhanced counter-drone technology. (Courtesy of Epirus)  

Breaking Defense: Strykers To Get New Counter-Drone Tech With General Dynamics, Epirus Partnership 

The partnership will initially integrate onto Strykers, but as has an eye on future autonomous platforms. 

WASHINGTON: General Dynamics Land Systems, a major ground vehicle manufacturer for the US Army, announced today that it had agreed to partnership with counter-drone startup Epirus Inc. to deliver counter unmanned aerial systems technology to the service. 

The partnership will initially integrate Epirus’s Leonidas directed energy system and broader high-power microwave technology onto Stryker vehicles as part of upgrades to enhance its mobile Short Range Air Defense (SHORAD) capabilities.  

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Update #1: General Dynamics, Epirus team up to integrate counter-drone swarm system on combat vehicles (Defense News)  

Update #2: Competition To Build An Army Stryker That Zaps Drone Swarms Heats Up (Warzone/The Drive)  

WNU Editor: It looks like every US base will soon be having one of these vehicles.

4 comments:

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Anonymous said...

Lol. Soon?

Maybe in 20-30 years and $100 billion later when they get the kinks worked out.

Remember FCS? that was "soon", too.

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