Epirus secures $11 million Marine Corps contract for HAVOC system
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WASHINGTON - The Marine Corps has signed off on an $11 million contract with defense tech contractor Epirus for a counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) installed on ground vehicles, t he company announced today . Under the contract - which includes training, service and sustainment support - the company will deliver a High-power Microwave Autonomous Vehicle Operational Capability (HAVOC) system that temporarily incapacitates electronic assets for counter-drone operations. The system will feature a "universal sled mount" to pair it with various manned and unmanned vehicles across the service, per Epirus' release. "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 in a statement. The new contract was awarded through the Navy's Office of Naval Research, and comes after Epirus delivered the Expeditionary Directed Energy Counter-Swarm (ExDECS) system to the Marine Corps in 2025. That system is an evolution of the company's Leonidas Expeditionary system, a high-powered microwave capability designed to temporarily disable electronics such as those on unmanned systems. The HAVOC system is an "upgraded" autonomy-enabled iteration of the ExDECS system, and will be used for Low Altitude Air Defense formations to safeguard ground-based air...
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