Laser Decoy System for Small Ground Platforms

Abstract

Increasingly, U.S. Navy ships are operating in the littorals, where they may be exposed to a variety of threat weapons including laser-directed threats. These laser-guided threats are also of very high concern to the Marines as they operate lightly armored vehicles in hostile areas. A laser decoy concept was developed demonstrating a capability to counter these types of threats. With relatively small-sized vehicles, the laser decoy needs to be compact and affordable. Short threat alert times dictate a very rapid response from the laser decoy. These constraints were met in the laser decoy that was developed and demonstrated as part of the EWISSP (Electronic Warfare Integrated System for Small Platforms) project.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA524988

Entities

People

  • Rebecca Evans
  • S. Moroz

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armored Vehicles
  • Countermeasures
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Guided Weapons
  • Helicopters
  • Infrared Images
  • Integrated Systems
  • Landing Craft
  • Laser Countermeasures
  • Laser Guided Weapons
  • Laser Target Designators
  • Laser-Based Detection
  • Lasers
  • Light Armored Vehicles
  • Platforms
  • Vehicles
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics