Jan 19, 2018 · Above all else it bridges the gap between the Navy’s potent electronic warfare suites deployed on its surface combatants and kinetic CIWS options, while also offering a less …

Mar 29, 2024 · Private firm Epirus has previously shown a concept for a shipboard version of its Leonidas HPM system, seen at the top of this story, that leverages existing components of the …

Apr 1, 2024 · Gun-based systems, such as the 20mm Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS), have a low shootdown rate of 60-70%. While it can hit drone and missile targets …

The Kansas City activates one of her two high-powered microwave (HPM) defense systems, each fitted inside a small modular container and mounted aft on her flight deck. The systems’ …

Nov 7, 2024 · A huge truck-mounted system is one of at least three large mobile ground-based high-power microwave directed energy weapons, primarily intended to down drones, at this …

Jan 4, 2002 · The Navy’s HPM, or high-power radio-frequen-cy (RF) systems, have been progressively increasing in power density to the point where it is now feasi-ble to integrate the …

The Phalanx CIWS (SEE-wiz) is an automated gun-based close-in weapon system to defend military watercraft automatically against incoming threats such as aircraft, missiles, and small …

Sep 26, 2024 · Epirus has announced the development of Leonidas Expeditionary, a high-power microwave (HPM) system, as part of a $5.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy’s Office of …

A close-in weapon system (CIWS / ˈ s iː w ɪ z / SEE-wiz) [1] is a point-defense weapon system for detecting and destroying short-range incoming missiles and enemy aircraft which have …

Nov 9, 2024 · Among these advancements, high-power microwave (HPM) weapons represent a powerful tool capable of neutralizing multiple aerial threats simultaneously, an area where …