Directed-Energy Counter-Drone Effectors
High-energy lasers and high-power microwave emitters defeat drones and swarms with near-unlimited magazine depth and no kinetic interceptor cost, enabling persistent base and homeland air defence.
Developed mainly in: United StatesImpacting: North America
The Defense Department announced selections for a congressionally mandated homeland counter-drone pilot run by JIATF-401, naming AeroVironment's palletized high-energy laser, Epirus' Leonidas high-power microwave, Kord's Firefly laser and Boeing's Compact Laser Weapon System as the first directed-energy systems to be fielded and tested at domestic installations.
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- US counter-drone task force schedules competitive live-fire trial of directed energy weapons
Airandspaceforces · 10 Oct 2026
- Four directed-energy systems picked for drone defence pilot at US military bases
Militarytimes · 6 Oct 2026
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