Department of Defense Initiatives on High Energy Lasers Have Been Responsive to Congressional Direction

Abstract

The HEL Joint Technology Office (JTO) was formed in June 2000 as the principal organization to implement the recommendations of DODs HEL Master Plan. It functions as the advocate for DODs HEL technology development and funds high priority science and technology efforts that are expected to have significant impact on long-term laser weapon requirements of the military services. In addition to the HEL projects sponsored by the JTO, each of the military services, the Missile Defense Agency, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency sponsor HEL science and technology efforts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 18, 2005
Accession Number
AD1168070

Entities

People

  • Paul L. Francis

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Air Force
  • Chemical Lasers
  • Congress
  • Demonstrations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electrons
  • Free Electron Lasers
  • Free Electrons
  • Governments
  • High Energy
  • High Energy Lasers
  • House Of Representatives
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Weapons
  • Lasers
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Solid State Lasers
  • United States Government
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Weapons

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy