Defense Acquisitions: DoD Efforts to Develop Laser Weapons for Theater Defense.

Abstract

This document reviews Department of Defense programs to develop laser weapons for missile defense. It identifies what laser weapons are being considered for missile defense and the coordination among the program offices developing the systems; determine the current status and cost of each system and identify the technical challenges each system faces.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA361676

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Chemical Lasers
  • Chemical Oxygen Iodine Lasers
  • Control Systems
  • Defense Systems
  • High Energy Lasers
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Resonators
  • Lasers
  • Military Research
  • National Security
  • Tactical High-Energy Lasers
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy