ADVANCED WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

This program element (PE) investigates enabling technologies for High Energy Laser (HEL) weapons. Project 042 develops component technologies such as efficient, high energy, solid state laser designs and adaptive optics, and lethality / effectiveness measurements that enable better models and simulations for future HEL weapon designs. Project NA5 funds congressional special interest items. Work in this project is related to, and fully complements, efforts in PE 0602890F (HEL Research) and PE 0603924F (HEL Advanced Technology Program), PE 0605605A (DOD High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility (HELSTF)), PE 0602120A (Sensors and Electronic Survivability), and PE 0603004A (Weapons and Munitions Advanced Technology) Project L96, and is coordinated with PE 0603005A (Combat Vehicle and Automotive Advanced Technology) Project 441. The cited work is consistent with the Director, Defense Research and Engineering Strategic Plan, the Army Modernization Strategy, and the Army Science and Technology Master Plan. Work is performed by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC), in Huntsville, AL, the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) in Huntsville, AL, and the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility, at White Sands Missile Range, NM.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2012
Source ID
0602307A_2_2040_PB_2012
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Service Agency Name
Army

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adaptive Optics
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Control Systems
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Engineering
  • High Energy
  • High Energy Lasers
  • Laser Components
  • Laser Weapons
  • Lasers
  • Simulations
  • Solid State Lasers
  • Temperature Control
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics
  • Space

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