“Epirus Introduces Leonidas H2O, High-Power Microwave System for Maritime Interdiction and UAV Protection” –Naval News

Naval News reports,

April 8, 2025—Epirus announced today the introduction of Leonidas H2O, a, high-energy, high-power microwave (HPM) system developed to counter boat motors, unmanned surface vessels (USV) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The system is built using the scalable Leonidas energy-based, high-power microwave technology platform.

Leonidas H2O demonstrated effectivity against vessel motors at record ranges during the U.S. Navy’s Advanced Naval Technology Exercise Coastal Trident (ANTX-CT) program, during which the system was tested against four commercially available vessel motors ranging from 40 to 90 horsepower at a multitude of ranges.

The Company website is here.

Watch the video. Looks like something the Coast Guard might be interested in.

I’ve Been Slimed

The Maritime Vessel Stopping Occlusion Technologies, or MVSOT, team at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division investigates natural hagfish slime as an inspiration for a non-lethal capability (Credit: NAVSEA/Courtesy)

Naval News reports that the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division has been working on non-lethal ways to stop or slow vessels that appear to be behaving in a threatening manner.

Non-lethal means of stopping, or at least slowing, a ship are always interesting.