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"Developed in under a year, Stryker #Leonidas was recently field demonstrated, successfully disabling individual drone targets & swarms of drones. Leonidas’ counter-swarm effectiveness fills a pressing short range air defense (SHORAD) capability gap for the joint force." ~ Epirus 
Highly efficient S-S High Power Microwave systems along with HEL's are going to be vital to defend against the scores relatively inexpensive group 1-2 UAS and loitering munitions. I wouldn't be surprised if the Stryker-Leonidas is put on contract for operational prototypes soon.
The US Army is not unaware of the potential of these systems or their need. Senior Army leaders have often said that the current Maneuver SHORAD capability being fielded will feature a 2/3 kinetic to 1/3 Directed-Energy mix. The DE side will likely be split b/w HEL & HPM systems.
