Epirus pitching anti-drone tech to Navy as potential solution for Red Sea

April 11, 2024

Breaking Defense

The Los Angeles-based technology contractor Epirus is preparing to test its high-power microwave capabilities in an upcoming Navy demonstration, one the company’s chief is pitching as  useful in the ongoing efforts to fend off Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.

This “isn’t really a cost equation problem,” Andy Lowery, Epirus’ CEO, told Breaking Defense in an interview, referring to the Navy’s weekly expenditure of interceptors to protect shipping lanes in the Red Sea.

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