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) 0602146A (Network C3I Technology) / Project AN7 (COE - Every Receiver is a Sensor Technology), PE 0602148A (Future Vertical Lift Technology) / Project CH3 (Holistic Team Survivability Technology), PE 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AN8 (COE - Every Receiver is a Sensor Advanced Tech), and PE 0603465A (Future Vertical Lift Advanced Technology) / Project AL1 (Adv Teaming for Tactical Aviation Oper Adv Tech). 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. Work in this Project is performed by Army Research Laboratory (ARL).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- CN1_0602183A_2_2040_PB_2025
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