DIRECTED ENERGY RESEARCH

Abstract

The Missile Defense Agency will conduct research into the transmission and control of directed energy through and above the atmosphere at operationally relevant ranges. The research will include investigation of multiple high energy laser technologies, characterization of the atmosphere as it relates to directed energy propagation, improving beam control, and improving modeling and simulation. The agency will work with Director of Defense Research and Engineering and High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office to establish a systems engineering based strategy for the research, development, test and evaluation of high energy laser technologies. In FY 2011, the agency will pursue additional directed energy technologies to hedge against future threats while continuing to seek opportunities to integrate concepts into the aircraft laser test platform for experimentation. A robust advanced missile defense technology development program is part of our strategy to hedge against future threat uncertainties.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2011
• Source ID: 0603901C_3_0400_PB_2011
• Change Summary Explanation: No FY 2011 data provided in PB10.
• Service Agency Name: Missile Defense Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Missile Defense Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Aircrafts
• Ballistic Missiles
• Contracts
• Defense Systems
• Directed Energy Weapons
• Energy
• Engineering
• High Energy
• High Energy Lasers
• Laser Beams
• Lasers
• Procurement
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• Test Beds
• Weapon Systems

Fields of Study

• Physics

Readers

• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Missile Defense Systems.
• Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

• Directed Energy