Counter-unmanned aerial vehicle technology company Epirus has unveiled a fully autonomous vehicle equipped with its Leonidas high power microwave anti-drone system. The autonomous ground vehicle is a commercial grade truck equipped with Kodiak AI’s Kodiak Driver AI-powered autonomous driving system, with General Dynamics Land Systems serving as lead system integrator for the vehicle. According to Epirus, the vehicle can be operated without human intervention in addition to teleoperation by a human operator. The company says this capability makes the vehicle suitable for a large range of uses, “including JIATF-401 homeland defense applications to secure bases, airports, ports, critical infrastructure and major public events as well as defense of U.S. Air Force assets and military installations.” Epirus says Leonidas’ use of high power microwaves to destroy drones keeps it equally effective against individual or swarming drone attacks, with the system also effective against fiber optic controlled drones. “Saturation drone attacks demand a fundamentally different approach to defense,” said Andy Lowery, CEO of Epirus. “Leonidas AGV combines autonomous mobility with high-power microwave effects to deliver a counter-UAS capability that rapidly maneuvers to defeat drone swarms without more boots on the ground. Together with GDLS and Kodiak, we’re enabling a new layer of autonomous drone defense for critical assets and infrastructure.”

Full report : Defense startup, Epirus unveils its new anti-drone system mounted on commercial-grade truck equipped with Leonidas anti-aerial drone system and Kodiak AI’s autonomous driving system.

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