Epirus
An important signal for where directed energy moves from research category to deployable system with a real operational footprint.
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Epirus is worth watching because directed energy has spent a long time as a promising research category that rarely made it to the field. The company is attempting to close that gap with a counter-drone system that has real operational context rather than just range demonstrations.
The key question is scale and repeatability. A directed energy system that works in a test environment is not the same as one that works at scale, in varied conditions, with the logistics tail and training requirements that field deployment actually demands.
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