# Leonidas HPM at United States: deployment

Canonical ID: `aaba230e-3594-4c39-8e15-2ca63c4b4dfb`

US Army awarded [Epirus](/companies/epirus.md) $66.1M contract for Leonidas directed energy system (Jan 2023). Additional $17M contract (Oct 2024) and $43.5M for IFPC-HPM Generation II (Jul 2025). Leonidas defeated 49-drone swarm at live-fire demonstration (Sep 2025). Partnership with General Dynamics Land Systems for mobile counter-UAS (Oct 2025).

## Key facts

- **Operator:** US Army
- **Total contracts:** USD 126.6M+
- **Key contracts:** USD 66.1M (2023), USD 17M (2024), USD 43.5M (2025)

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-08-09_

- **Slug:** leonidas-hpm-united-states
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Leonidas HPM](/models/leonidas-hpm.md) (id: `5b92dace-50dc-427a-94e3-bfd2cce0ba98`)
- **Company:** [Epirus](/companies/epirus.md) (id: `43c80509-ae08-4a4f-b593-7ada9fa7465f`)
- **Location:** [United States](/locations/united-states.md) (id: `aa8b9c05-c836-4021-801f-59801970401e`)
- **First seen:** 2023-01-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. **Epirus Receives $43.5 Million Contract from U.S. Army for IFPC-HPM Generation II Systems** · https://www.epirusinc.com/press-releases/epirus-receives-43-million-contract-from-u-s-army-for-ifpc-hpm-generation-ii-systems · 2025-07-17

## Common questions

### What is the Leonidas HPM deployment at United States?

Leonidas HPM, built by Epirus, is recorded as a deployment at United States on the DEPLOY registry. Epirus operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Leonidas HPM at United States?

Epirus, the manufacturer of Leonidas HPM, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Leonidas HPM deployment at United States go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting January 23, 2023 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Leonidas HPM deployment at United States?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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