{"id":16922,"date":"2025-04-30T16:40:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T19:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=16922"},"modified":"2025-04-30T16:40:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T19:40:07","slug":"el-cuerpo-de-marines-de-eeuu-ensaya-un-arma-de-microondas-de-alta-potencia-hpm-dew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=16922","title":{"rendered":"El cuerpo de marines de EEUU ensaya un arma de microondas de alta potencia (HPM \u2013DEW)"},"content":{"rendered":"

La empresa estadounidense EPIRUS anunci\u00f3 que el US Marine Corps, comenzar\u00e1 a ensayar un sistema modular remolcable de Armas de Microondas de Alta Potencia (HPM), apto para acompa\u00f1ar las operaciones de esas tropas de r\u00e1pido despliegue y altamente m\u00f3viles. El sistema llamado ExDECS (Expeditionary Directed Energy Counter Swarm) permitir\u00e1 a los Marines experimentar con armas de energ\u00eda dirigida del tipo HPM, para hacer frente a la amenaza creciente de los enjambres de drones (Drone Swarm). El empleo de drones ha cambiado las caracter\u00edsticas del combate terrestre actual y las tropas necesitan disponer de armas espec\u00edficas para el rol de \u201cDefensa A\u00e9rea Cercana\u201d como las HPM, incluso en los menores niveles de la organizaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

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The U.S. Marine Corps has taken delivery of the Expeditionary Directed Energy Counter-Swarm, or ExDECS, weapon, its maker Epirus announced today to coincide with the Modern Day Marine conference in Washington, D.C. ExDECS will allow the Corps to start experiments with\u00a0high-power microwave<\/a>\u00a0(HPM) technology in the increasingly critical low-altitude air defense (LAAD) role. This kind of counter-drone system is increasingly seen as a critical layer in force protection and something that is urgently needed to enhance current and future ground-based air defense capabilities.<\/p>\n

ExDECS is a\u00a0derivative of the Leonidas<\/a>\u00a0HPM-energy-based counter-drone system developed by Epirus, whose products we will revisit soon in a very in-depth story. The company delivered the first ExDECS system to the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division in Virginia earlier this year, where it completed government acceptance testing ahead of a planned test program.<\/p>\n

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The trailer-mounted Expeditionary Directed Energy Counter-Swarm, or ExDECS. Epirus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The mobile, solid-state HPM system has been developed as part of a contract awarded by the U.S. Navy\u2019s Office of Naval Research (ONR). In September 2024, the ONR awarded Epirus an additional follow-on contract to support further testing and evaluation of the system as part of the Preliminary Evaluation of Ground-based Anti-Swarm UAS System (PEGASUS) program.<\/p>\n

\u201cDrone warfare is changing the fight \u2014 fast. Systems like ExDECS give Marines a decisive advantage by neutralizing multiple electronic threats at once with a single system \u2014 what we call a one-to-many capability,\u201d said Andy Lowery, CEO of Epirus. \u201cThis delivery is a critical step toward fielding non-kinetic counter-swarm solutions that enhance the mobility, survivability, and lethality of our Marine forces.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the maximum effective range of ExDECS is classified, the Department of Defense has confirmed that Epirus HPM systems can affect targets at\u00a0\u201ctactically relevant ranges,\u201d the company confirmed to\u00a0TWZ<\/em>.\u00a0Generally, HPM systems are for point defense, effective within a handful of miles of the target.
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