Epirus won a $66 million contract in 2023 to supply its flagship product Leonidas to the U.S. Army. Torrance, California-based Epirus is among several aerospace companies that develop weapons ...

Epirus plans to expand production of its directed-energy weapons and jump into overseas and commercial markets on the heels of a $250 million funding round. Why it matters: Powerful lasers and ...

Epirus has won a number of U.S. military contracts, including a $66 million Army deal from 2023, per its website. Joe Lonsdale, one of Epirus’ co-founders and the managing partner of 8VC ...

March 5 (Reuters) - Defense technology startup Epirus has raised $250 million in a Series D funding round, as it looks to scale up production of its anti-drone weapons, the company said on Wednesday.

In 2023, Epirus won a $66 million contract to supply Leonidas to the Army with a framework for transitioning that system to a future program of record after successful demonstrations of prototypes.

Epirus’ Leonidas is system is a ground-based, directed energy weapon that fires off an electromagnetic pulse to disable swarms of drones, or it can neutralize precision targets.

Epirus won a $66 million contract in 2023 to supply its Leonidas to the U.S. Army, and the technology is believed to be in the testing phase by Central Command, which oversees the Middle East ...