Endurance

Abstract

The Endurance program developed laser technology to protect airborne platforms from emerging and legacy electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) guided surface-to-air missiles. The Endurance system planned to have an open architecture, granting the flexibility to integrate different subsystems with varying capabilities. Endurance is an early application of technology developed through DARPA's Excalibur program and plans to transition to the Services. The applied research portion of the program focused on miniaturizing the component laser technologies, developing high-precision target identification and tracking, and making a lightweight, agile beam control system to engage high speed targets within the short times needed for aircraft self-defense. The program also focused on the phenomenology of laser-target interactions and associated threat vulnerabilities. An advanced technology component of this program, which focused on developing and testing various Endurance subsystems, is budgeted in PE 0603739E, Project MT-15.

Document Details

Document Type
Accomplishment
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2018
Source ID
85e4bd07bf7ab5aae3d5d3f9bfa9c97e

Tags

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy

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