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On 23 January 2023, Epirus was awarded a $66.1 million contract by the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) to deliver the Leonidas to the U.S. Army as part of the Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High-Power Microwave (IFPC-HPM) program after outperforming six other systems. Four prototypes were to be produced by 2024 ...
Leonidas [a] of Alexandria (/ l i ˈ ɒ n ɪ d ə s,-d æ s /; Ancient Greek: Λεωνίδας; Latin: Leonidas Alexandrinus; fl. 1st century AD) was a Greek epigrammatist active at Rome during the reigns of Nero and Vespasian. Some of his epigrams are preserved in the Greek Anthology, and in one he lays claim to having invented the isopsephic ...
Leonidas of Epirus (Greek: Λεωνίδας ο Ηπειρώτης) or Leuconides (Greek: Λευκονίδης), was a tutor of Alexander the Great. A kinsman of Alexander's mother, Olympias , he was entrusted with the main superintendence of Alexander's education in his earlier years, apparently before he became a student of Aristotle.
Leonidas first teacher of Alexander the Great; Arybbas (somatophylax) Polyperchon general and regent (of Tymphaia) Neoptolemus (general) Polemon of Tymphaia; Pyrrhus of Epirus basileus of Macedon (288-285 BC (divided with Lysimachus), 274-272 BC) Simmias of Tymphaia
THOR is designed to counter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by sending out a high-power, short pulse of microwaves to disable electronics through overwhelming critical components intended to carry electrical currents.
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Leonidas was the second son of Anaxandridas' first wife, and either the elder brother or twin of Cleombrotus. [1] Leonidas' name means "descendant of Leon", and he was named after his grandfather Leon of Sparta. The Doric Greek suffix -ίδας, with corresponding Attic form -ίδης, mainly means "descendant of". [2]