High Energy Laser Advanced Development

Abstract

This program element funds High Energy Laser (HEL) advanced technology development aimed at translating technology solutions for broadly defined military problems into demonstrated performance pay-offs, increased capabilities, increased supportability, and/or increased affordability. HEL weapons systems have many potential advantages, including speed-of-light time-to-target, high precision, nearly unlimited magazine depth, low cost per kill, and reduced logistics requirements because of no need for stocks of munitions or warheads. As a result, HELs have the potential to perform a wide variety of military missions. Activities conducted under this program element will develop and demonstrate the technology necessary to enable HEL missions across the Department of Defense (DoD).

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: 0603924D8Z_3_0400_PB_2021
• Change Summary Explanation: The increase in FY 2021 will enable investigation of a fourth laser scaling approach as well as the creation of an integrated and validated database of operational laser lethality effects.
• Service Agency Name: Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

• Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Databases
• Department Of Defense
• Directed Energy Weapons
• Energy
• Experimental Data
• High Energy
• High Energy Lasers
• Laser Damage
• Lasers
• Lethality
• Optical Fiber Lasers
• Power Levels
• Power Supplies
• Simulations
• Temperature Control
• Thermal Blooming
• Weapons

Readers

• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

• Directed Energy