50 drones in one swat: Reusable Lockheed Martin's Morfius X-Rotor uses powerful microwave to kill dozens of UAVs at…
- A reusable microwave drone reportedly disables more than 50 hostile UAVs per flight
- Lockheed Martin pushes cheaper answers to increasingly dangerous battlefield drone swarms
- The Morfius X-Rotor counter-drone system enters testing after successful multi-state flight evaluations
Lockheed Martin has unveiled its Morfius X-Rotor counter-drone system at the 2026 Farnborough Airshow, calling it a low-cost answer to challenging drone swarms.
The ground-launched system uses a one-to-many high-power microwave, or HPM, approach designed to disable multiple unmanned aerial vehicles during a single mission.
Company officials say the platform can neutralize more than 50 hostile drones in one flight, a capability aimed at addressing large-scale swarm attacks.
A reusable alternative to costly interceptors
The 2026 Farnborough Airshow has centered largely on affordable counter-drone technology as militaries confront growing swarm threats across the globe.
Lockheed Martin says the approach avoids reliance on costly guided munitions typically used to strike individual aerial threats one at...
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