US Marine Corps contracts Epirus HAVOC high-power microwave counter-swarm system

The US Marine Corps is procuring Epirus' vehicle-mounted HAVOC high-power microwave system designed to defeat drone swarms, with autonomous target identification and a claimed major increase in power density, ruggedness, and effective range versus the earlier ExDECS prototype. This represents a move from prototype testing to a production-ready, mobile directed-energy counter-UAS capability intended for expeditionary formations and critical-point defense.