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"In our latest live demonstration, Leonidas went 61-for-61, disabling multiple mission-representative drone types across five flight scenarios: multi-directional counter-swarm engagement, precision strike on a single drone, controlled intercept within a software-defined drop zone, one-to-many multi-target engagement and defeat of a 49-drone swarm" ~ Epirus #HPM #GaN

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