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Raytheon Revives High-Power Microwave For Counter-UAS Mission

Monday, June 20th, 2016

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Raytheon Revives High-Power Microwave For Counter-UAS Mission

An upgraded Coyote Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) flies over the Avon Park Air Force Range, Fla. during a January 2016 demonstration flight. (Photo: NOAA)

Raytheon [RTN] has dusted off its high-power microwave (HPM) demonstrator as a result of renewed interest from the U.S. government in cheaply knocking enemy unmanned aerial systems (UAS) from the sky with bursts of energy instead of missiles.Though it originally was designed to fry the computing components of Tier 1 and 2 unmanned aerial systems, the HPM demonstrator is powerful enough to stop vehicle engines and other targets with electronic components, Steve Downie, site director for Raytheon’s advance missile systems…

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