Disruptive Countermeasure Concepts for Aviation

Abstract

This Project investigates advanced technologies to reduce Future Vertical Lift (FVL) platform susceptibility and vulnerability to damage from guided and unguided threats, as well as technologies to defeat small arms, rocket, and missile threats. This Project performs research and develops innovative detect and defeat technologies against next -generation threats to the FVL. Areas of research include new laser materials and designs for in-band, low size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) precision laser soft-kill countermeasures operating in the mid- and long-wave infrared, lethality effects of ultrashort pulsed lasers, and sensitive radio frequency (SeRF) detection modality for use as aircraft survivability equipment (ASE). In addition, this Project will also perform research and development on the use of remotely-deployed, passive multi-modal sensors to localize threat ground vehicles and discriminate decoys. Research in this Project is fully coordinated with Program Element (PE) 0602148A (Future Vertical Lift Technology) and PE 0603465A (Future Vertical Lift Advanced Technology). The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Science and Technology focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Research in this Project is performed by the United States Army Futures Command (AFC).

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2024
Source ID
CN1_0602183A_2_2040_PB_2024

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Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy

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