Ep 121: Andy Lowery on Drones and Directed Energy

School of War · Apr 30, 2024 · 47m

Andy Lowery, CEO of EPIRUS and a retired U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander, joins the show to talk about directed energy weapons on the modern battlefield.

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Times

• 01:45 Introduction

• 02:02 Before EPIRUS

• 06:29 Drones on the battlefield

• 13:30 Current countermeasures

• 19:40 An answer for autonomy

• 21:32 How does it all work?

• 29:54 Beam specs

• 33:45 Sci-fi but familiar

• 38:11 Gallium nitride

• 40:31 Cat and mouse game

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