Army Shifts to Directed Energy for Counter-Drone Defense with Embedded Computing

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The Army’s IFPC-HEL program signals a clear inflection point in counter-drone and air defense strategy. As low-cost UAS and swarm threats outpace traditional interceptors, the military is moving decisively toward directed energy solutions that scale. High-energy lasers, like those being developed by Lockheed Martin, and high-power microwave systems, such as Epirus’ Leonidas, show two complementary paths forward. What’s enabling this shift is embedded computing. Real-time processing, sensor fusion, and software-defined control are now just as critical as the energy source itself, pushing the force toward modular, compute-centric architectures across air and missile defense. The open question is whether industry can scale these systems fast enough to meet the threat. #EmbeddedSystems #CounterUAS #DefenseTech

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