'Star Trek shield' technology gets $250M boost to knock drone swarms from the sky with high-powered microwave

Marine Corps using L-MADIS to protect ships from aerial threats as Pentagon continues hunt for low-cost drone defense

The Marine Corps is using a mobile air defense system to protect amphibious warships from drones and other aerial threats, according to a service spokesperson, who told Inside Defense the recently developed capability now deploys with each Marine Expeditionary Unit as part its Low Altitude Air Defense detachment. The Light Marine Air Defense Integrated Systems (L-MADIS) capability, which was developed in-house by the Marine Corps’ ground-based a…

'Star Trek shield' technology gets $250M boost to knock drone swarms from the sky with high-powered microwave

Epirus' Leonidas system that can zap entire swarms of drones out of the sky is going to "touch every aspect of warfare," founder Joe Lonsdale told Fox News Digital.

🛡️Meet the Defense Unicorn That Just Raised $250M to Stop Drone Swarms

🔦 SpotlightHello, Happy Friday!For this week's spotlight story, we're turning our attention to a monumental leap in defense technology achieved by Epirus, a dynamic startup based in Torrance that specializes in groundbreaking anti-drone systems. Recently, Epirus successfully secured a whopping $250 million in Series D funding, raising its total capital to over $550 million and solidifying its status as a unicorn in the defense tech sector. Imag…

‘Star Trek shield’ technology gets $250M boost to knock drone swarms from the sky with high-powered microwave – Your Capital Minds

A new high-powered microwave system that can knock swarms of drones out of the sky at once is going to ‘touch every aspect of warfare,’ according to Epirus founder, Joe Lonsdale.  ‘It’s kind of like a Star Trek shield,’ Lonsdale, founder of Epirus and a co-founder of fast-rising defense technology company Palantir, explained of its Leonidas counter-drone system. ‘It’s able to turn them off from very far away.’  ‘This is going to touch every aspe…

Epirus secures $250M for Leonidas counter-drone system: ‘Star Trek shi – khbrknews

A new high-powered microwave system that can knock swarms of drones out of the sky at once is going to “touch every aspect of warfare,” according to Epirus founder, Joe Lonsdale.  “It’s kind of like a Star Trek shield,” Lonsdale, founder of Epirus and a co-founder of fast-rising defense technology company Palantir, explained of its Leonidas counter-drone system. “It’s able to turn them off from very far away.”  “This is going to touch every aspe…

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Character Posters Released

Check out the Season 3 character posters for Paramount+'s Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, and Ethan Peck-starring Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.