Derived from the company’s Leonidas weapon, the High-power Microwave Autonomous Vehicle Operational Capability will be integrated across manned and unmanned Marine Corps ground vehicles. The country has awarded tech company Epirus an $11-million contract to deliver HAVOC, a vehicle-mounted high-power microwave system designed to disable multiple drones simultaneously. Drone swarms approaching US Marine Corps positions could soon face an invisible wall of electromagnetic energy. The system uses solid-state high-power microwave weapon components and gallium nitride amplifiers to generate and strengthen electromagnetic energy. “This award highlights the Marine Corps’ commitment to fielding integrated, software-defined systems optimized for the complex and rapidly evolving drone threat,” Epirus CEO Andy Lowery said.