{"id":37972,"date":"2021-02-24T18:53:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T18:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/02\/24\/us-army-to-test-new-microwave-weapon-for-defeating-drones\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:27:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:27:56","slug":"us-army-to-test-new-microwave-weapon-for-defeating-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2021\/02\/24\/us-army-to-test-new-microwave-weapon-for-defeating-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army to test new microwave weapon for defeating drones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. \u2014 The U.S. Army will conduct field-testing of a new microwave weapon designed to protect military bases from incoming drones as early as 2024, following an on-site demonstration at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THOR, which stands for Tactical High Power Operational Responder, was built at Kirtland AFB and provides protection against multiple targets that simultaneously threaten military installations, the Albuquerque Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/2362761\/thor-built-in-abq-is-headed-for-basedefense-testing-by-2024.html\" target=_blank>reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army Lt. 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It\u2019s unlikely the military will deploy the system before 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey intend to procure enough systems for a platoon unit in 2024 to do experimentation with a mix of weapons,\u201d Hammett told the Albuquerque Journal. \u201cThey will put microwave and lasers together in a single unit to assess how to deploy it all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The laboratory spent $15 million to build THOR in cooperation with Albuquerque-based engineering firm Verus Research as well as BAE Systems and Leidos. It first demonstrated the system in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Program manager Amber Anderson previously said the system works like a flashlight, using a wave that spreads out to disable anything within its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/2019\/10\/23\/do-microwave-cones-have-a-place-in-the-counter-drone-zone\/\" target=_blank>electromagnetic cone<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe system output is powerful radio bursts, which offer a greater engagement range than bullets or nets, and its effects are silent and instantaneous,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Air Force laboratory spent $15 million to build THOR in cooperation with engineering firm Verus Research as well as BAE Systems and 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