Lockheed Announces X-Rotor, Directed Energy Counterdrone System

Lockheed Martin's Morfius

Morfius has been flight tested during experiments in Arizona, California and Oklahoma 

Credit: Lockheed Martin
LONDON—Lockheed Martin has unveiled at the Farnborough Airshow a new counterdrone system—a small X-rotor uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) carrying a high-powered microwave (HPM) the company says can take down swarms of small drones. The Morfius UAS is designed for field recovery and reuse, and is...
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