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IFPC-HPM Prototype Deliveries Complete, Epirus Eyes Engineering Tests Ahead Of Potential Deployment

IFPC-HPM Prototype Deliveries Complete, Epirus Eyes Engineering Tests Ahead Of Potential Deployment
Epirus' suite of high-power microwave counter-drone systems. (Photo: Epirus)

Engineering and development testing by the Army of a drone-killing microwave-based directed energy system is set to begin shortly, another important milestone for what system developer Epirus hopes will pave the way for use in one or more combatant commands this year, the head of the company said last Friday. The Army in April will conduct the month-long capabilities and limitations tests at the China Lake, Calif., testbed in the Mojave Desert to try out the high-power microwave (HPM) system…

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