Aero India 2025: Tonbo unveils microwave-based DEW
A model of Tonbo's WaveStrike high-power microwave directed energy weapon system displayed at the Aero India 2025 show in Bangalore. (Janes/Oishee Majumdar)
Bangalore-based Tonbo Imaging has unveiled a high-power microwave (HPM) directed energy weapon (DEW) system that can help armed forces eliminate hostile unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Janes understands that this HPM DEW – unveiled at the Aero India 2025 show held in Bangalore from 10 to 14 February – will be installed on a surface vessel of the Indian Navy. Tonbo has also secured contracts from militaries outside Asia-Pacific to supply this HPM DEW.
Ankit Kumar, co-founder and chief technology officer of Tonbo, told Janes at Aero India 2025 that the HPM DEW, named WaveStrike, “uses multibeam klystrons, which can generate a lot of microwave energy with a small antenna and with limited power”.
The HPM DEW currently has a range of 3 km. Tonbo is developing an enhanced version of the system that will have a range of 5 km, Kumar said. He added that the HPM DEW has an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar to detect threats and a camera to identify the threats. The DEW uses information from these sensors to target a hostile UAV.
“This system's application is not just limited to UAVs. Technically, it will be able to eliminate any electronics you fire at whether it is a communication system or optronics,” Kumar said.
For more information, please seeInterview: Ankit Kumar, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Tonbo Imaging .
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