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Air Force

Under AFRL Contract, Leidos to Pursue ‘Mjolnir’ High Power Microwave Counter Drone System

Frank Wolfe

Friday, February 25th, 2022

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Under AFRL Contract, Leidos to Pursue ‘Mjolnir’ High Power Microwave Counter Drone System

An artist's rendering of the THOR high power microwave system (Air Force Research Laboratory)

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) directed energy directorate at Kirtland AFB, N.M., has awarded a $26 million contract to Leidos [LDOS] to develop the company's Mjölnir high power microwave (HPM) weapon against adversary drones. The company said recently that it had received a potential five-year $82 million contract from the Air Force to support the service’s counter-small unmanned aerial system efforts (Defense Daily, Jan. 4). The contract is to support the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center to enhance…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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