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Assertion Supported
Marr: Epirus created the world's first software-defined EMP weapon
“We have created the world's first Software defined electromagnetic pulse capability.”
Bo Marmon Dec 15, 2021 ▶ 1:22 Force Fields & Directed Energy Are Here! How Epirus Is Changing Defense Tech · Joe Lonsdale
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Marr: Leonidas counter-drone microwave beam is safe for humans
“It's safe for people.”
Bo Marmon Dec 15, 2021 ▶ 13:33 Force Fields & Directed Energy Are Here! How Epirus Is Changing Defense Tech · Joe Lonsdale
Assertion Supported
Marr: Epirus directed energy successfully disables boat motors and vehicles
“We, so we bought a boat motor running the boat motor in our chamber there. And so we've now got a videos of zapping our boat motors. We've got a bunch of data, how well it worked. It works great on vehicles as well. So it's really any electronics.”
Bo Marmon Dec 15, 2021 ▶ 18:17 Force Fields & Directed Energy Are Here! How Epirus Is Changing Defense Tech · Joe Lonsdale
Assertion Supported
Lowery: Epirus delivered four systems to Army in 15 months
“So when the army gave us a contract, they said, see if we can deliver these in a couple years, two and a, it was a two and a half years actually. We delivered four systems in 15 months. I mean, just unheard of. 15 months, four full systems to the Army.”
Andy Lowery Aug 16, 2024 ▶ 18:28 Electronic Warfare and Real-Life Force Fields! Epirus CEO Andy Lowery · Joe Lonsdale
Assertion Supported
Marr: Epirus directed energy disables targets via electronic overvoltage
“We're shooting a photons through the air and then once the photons hit the drone, it's creating such a strong electromagnetic field that it's creating a over voltage scenario on the electronics itself.”
Bo Marmon Dec 15, 2021 ▶ 17:12 Force Fields & Directed Energy Are Here! How Epirus Is Changing Defense Tech · Joe Lonsdale
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Marr: Epirus system can dynamically protect friendly assets from EMP blasts
“So we can put an energy null. We call it a dynamic blue force zone where the user can kind of mark out where they don't want to fire and it can even be dynamic.”
Bo Marmon Dec 15, 2021 ▶ 20:34 Force Fields & Directed Energy Are Here! How Epirus Is Changing Defense Tech · Joe Lonsdale
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