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Lockheed Martin’s MORFIUS X-Rotor uses high-power microwaves to counter drone swarms

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Lockheed Martin’s MORFIUS X-Rotor is a counter-UAS system designed to detect and engage hostile drones with a high-power microwave payload. The company says the system can disable dozens of drones, positioning directed-energy technology as a potential response to increasingly dense and persistent unmanned threats.

Discovered 2026-08-13T14:49:57.409073-07:00 | 2026-08-13T14:49:57.409073-07:00

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  • MORFIUS is designed to address drone-swarm threats, with a stated capacity to disable dozens of drones using a single high-power microwave payload.
  • The system highlights the growing role of directed energy in counter-UAS architectures, where conventional interceptors can face cost and magazine-depth constraints.

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