High Energy Laser Research
Abstract
This program funded Department of Defense Directed Energy applied research through the Joint Directed Energy Transition Office. This program was part of an overall Department of Defense Directed Energy Science and Technology program. Directed Energy weapon systems have many potential advantages including speed of-light delivery, low collateral damage, significant magazine depth, low incremental cost per kill. Directed Energy Weapon Systems have the potential to perform a wide variety of military missions including high value asset and base protection, precision strike and platform self-protection versus a wide variety of missile, rocket, artillery, mortar and air platforms. Efforts under this program were generally chosen for their potential to have an impact on multiple Directed Energy Weapon systems and multiple Service missions while complementing Service/Agency efforts that are directed at specific Service needs. A broad range of technologies were addressed in key areas such as laser sources, microwave sources, laser beam control, antennas, waveguides, modeling and simulation, and lethality mechanisms. This program provided the enabling technology necessary to demonstrate advanced concepts for high power microwave sources, antennas and waveguides for mission areas not considered to date. The high power microwave lethality, hardware and software improvements and modeling and simulation advances provided by this program are essential to expand and build upon current architectures. This program supported the Senior Official as required. Efforts in this program were coordinated through the Department of Defense Science and Technology Executive Committee process to harmonize efforts and eliminate duplication. For FY 2022 this devolved PE was transferred back to OSD under BA2 Program 62890D8Z. This move was at the request of OSD so that they may better integrate with current OSD Directed Energy efforts and participate in OSD budget processes. This program is in Budget Activity 2, Applied Research because this budget activity includes studies, investigations, and non-system specific technology efforts directed toward general military needs with a view toward developing and evaluating the feasibility and practicality of proposed solutions and determining their parameters.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 625096_0602890F_2_3600_PB_2023
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