High Energy Laser Advanced Technology Program

Abstract

This program funds high energy laser (HEL) advanced technology development through the HEL Joint Technology Office (JTO). HEL weapons have many potential advantages, including speed-of-light delivery, precision target engagement, significant magazine depth, low-cost per kill, and reduced logistics requirements. HEL weapons have the potential to perform a wide variety of military missions including interception of ballistic missiles in boost phase, defeat of high-speed, maneuvering anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles, and the ultra-precision negation of targets in urban environments with little/no collateral damage. Efforts in this program have been coordinated through the Reliance 21 process to harmonize efforts and eliminate duplication. This program is part of an overall Department of Defense (DoD) HEL Science and Technology program. This program is in Budget Activity 3, Advanced Technology Development, since it enables and demonstrates technologies for existing system upgrades and/or new system developments that have military utility and address warfighter needs.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2012
Source ID
0603924F_3_3600_PB_2012
Change Summary Explanation
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Anti-Aircraft Missiles
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Boost Phase
  • Collateral Damage
  • Department Of Defense
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • High Energy
  • High Energy Lasers
  • Integrated Systems
  • Lasers
  • Precision
  • Solid State Lasers
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities

Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy

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