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 lasers, advanced beam control components, and lethality / effectiveness measurements that enable better models and simulations for future HEL weapon designs. 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 and the Army Modernization Strategy. 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.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2014
• Source ID: 0602307A_2_2040_PB_2014
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Adaptive Optics
• Air Defense
• Combat Vehicles
• Control Systems
• Defense Systems
• Engineering
• High Energy
• High Energy Lasers
• Lasers
• Optics
• Solid State Lasers
• Test And Evaluation
• Test Facilities
• Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Weapon System Effectiveness
• Weapon Systems
• Weapons

Readers

• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

• Directed Energy
• Directed Energy - Lasers
• Microelectronics
• Space