High-Power Microwave Weapons and Boat Motor Disablement

Exploring the application of high-power microwave weapons in disabling boat motors, including Navy projects like the Antex project and collaborations with the Air Force and UK MOD. Discussing the broad impact of high-power microwaves on electronics and their potential for use across different platforms and against various threats.

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Mike hosts Andy Lowery to dig deep into directed energy weapons—specifically high-power microwave (HPM) systems.

Andy is the CEO of Epirus, a venture-backed defense tech startup inverting the cost equation of drone defense and swarm protection. We talk about the tech, how it affects electronics, and how Epirus’ flagship product—Leonidas—is designed with adaptability and scale in mind. Turns out that HPM systems share more in common with an F-35 radar and an EA-18 jammer than a kitchen appliance!

The Army is currently in a rapid buy-and-try phase of these counter-UAS (CUAS) systems and is sending them to the Middle East. The systems have a host of other applications, though—the Navy is experimenting with them to disable boat motors, and the Air Force is also interested.

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