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Directed Energy Weapons
Jon Ludwigson discusses our April 2023 report on Directed Energy Weapons. DOD spends about $1 billion annually on directed energy—concentrated electromagnetic energy—weapons, including high energy lasers and high powered microwaves. DOD has pursued these potentially transformative technologies for decades because they could provide considerable advantages. They can deliver destructive or disruptive effects to targets at the speed of light and have potentially significant advantages over kinetic weapons, such as guns and missiles, including lower per-use cost.
Check out the report: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-105868
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published: 17 Apr 2023
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Laser and Microwave Weapons - Directed-Energy Weapon Programs, Potential, and Issues
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While technology has continued to evolve, most weapon systems modern militaries use operate on old principles. A artillery piece is a world removed from a Napoleonic cannon, but the idea of detonating a charge behind a projectile in a tube in order to propel it in the direction of something you don't like - that remains the same.
For decades, Governments have also been investing in trying to develop systems that operate in very different ways - including directed energy weapons like lasers and High Powered Microwave weapons (HPM). And for decades - very little emerged in terms of deployable, destructive systems.
But on a battlefield increasingly dominated by cheap and precise threats such as loitering munitions, FPV dron...
published: 19 Feb 2024
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Test footage of UK DragonFire Laser Directed Energy Weapon
UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) Hebrides Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) end-to-end test 2023 / transition to Maritime LDEW engagement animation. Dstl footage and animation.
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Dstl on 11 March released declassified footage showing the DragonFire demonstrator being tested on the MoD Hebrides range against ‘above the horizon’ targets. While the full range of target sets was not disclosed, Dstl officials confirmed that a Banshee target drone was amongst the air threats engaged.
According to the MoD, the latest end-to-end trials, conducted on the MoD Hebrides range during Q4 2023, successfully demonstrated the ability of DragonFire to track dynamic air targets and deliver high-end effects at range. The LDEW system was tested at various powers against representative ...
published: 11 Mar 2024
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Why The Pentagon Is Spending Billions To Bring Laser Weapons To The Battlefield
Direct energy weapons such as lasers and high powered microwaves may soon be used to defend against drones and rockets on the battlefield. These futuristic sounding weapons are part of a new wave of devices produced from billions of dollars in research and development from the Defense Department. But how close is the U.S. military to using these weapons in the field?
The Israel-Hamas conflict has shed new light on the need to defend against threats that range from small rockets to ballistic missiles. Israel has invested in the Iron Beam system, which produces a high-energy laser, to complement the Iron Dome batteries used to launch interceptors to take out incoming rockets.
"Interceptors are just surface-to-air missiles that shoot down incoming weapons. And there's obviously a limited nu...
published: 15 Nov 2023
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Directed Energy: The Time for Laser Weapon Systems has Come
At sea, in the air, and on the ground, Lockheed Martin is developing laser weapon systems to protect warfighters on the battlefield. Hear from our experts about how these systems combine with platform integration to defeat a growing range of threats to military forces and infrastructure.
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Read more: https://lmt.co/2WBHZMH
published: 22 Jul 2020
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PSW 2492 The Emerging Directed Energy Weapons | Tom Karr & Jim Trebes
Lecture Starts at 16:36
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March 22, 2024
The Emerging Directed Energy Weapons: Are they finally ready to provide real military capability?
Thomas J. Karr
James Trebes
High power microwave sources first appeared prior to World War II. Lasers were invented in 1960. Both have the potential to become revolutionary military weapons. Despite major military investments by multiple nations over the last 60 years, their potential has not been realized. In the last several years both microwave and laser technology has improved considerably. This has resulted in the development, testing, and operational demonstration of numerous directed energy weapons. Directed energy weapons may be on the threshold of becoming used by multiple nations.
What are they? How do they work? Wha...
published: 25 Mar 2024
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Thermal Management for Directed Energy Weapons
Directed Energy Weapons are designed to damage targets at long distances with concentrated energy including lasers, microwaves and particle beams. The concentration of this energy leads to large heat loss. The overall reliability of the system relies on keeping the energy source at safe operating temperature. Watch this video to see a few of ACT's solutions to thermal management issues related to this industry.
For more information: https://www.1-act.com/industries/defense/
Article Feature: https://www.aerodefensetech.com/component/content/article/adt/features/articles/37608?m=200
published: 15 Nov 2019
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DragonFire Laser Directed Energy Weapon system
Showcasing the DragonFire Laser Directed Energy Weapon system at DSEI 2017.
published: 18 Sep 2017
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DragonFire: New declassified footage of £10-a-shot laser precision weapon in action
A military laser that could give the UK military greater accuracy and cost only £10 per shot could be ready for British personnel to use in five years.
The DragonFire Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) is a line-of-sight weapon and can engage with any visible target, according to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
It destroys targets with an intense beam of light and has pinpoint precision and can hit an object the size of a £1 coin from a kilometre away.
More: https://www.forces.net/technology/weapons-and-kit/dragonfire-new-footage-ps10-shot-laser-weapon-could-be-uk-military-five
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published: 11 Mar 2024
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Air Force Creating Simulation for Directed Energy Weapons
Air Force Creating Simulation for Directed Energy Weapons
published: 14 Jun 2022
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Directed Energy Weapons
Jon Ludwigson discusses our April 2023 report on Directed Energy Weapons. DOD spends about $1 billion annually on directed energy—concentrated electromagnetic ...
Jon Ludwigson discusses our April 2023 report on Directed Energy Weapons. DOD spends about $1 billion annually on directed energy—concentrated electromagnetic energy—weapons, including high energy lasers and high powered microwaves. DOD has pursued these potentially transformative technologies for decades because they could provide considerable advantages. They can deliver destructive or disruptive effects to targets at the speed of light and have potentially significant advantages over kinetic weapons, such as guns and missiles, including lower per-use cost.
Check out the report: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-105868
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Jon Ludwigson discusses our April 2023 report on Directed Energy Weapons. DOD spends about $1 billion annually on directed energy—concentrated electromagnetic energy—weapons, including high energy lasers and high powered microwaves. DOD has pursued these potentially transformative technologies for decades because they could provide considerable advantages. They can deliver destructive or disruptive effects to targets at the speed of light and have potentially significant advantages over kinetic weapons, such as guns and missiles, including lower per-use cost.
Check out the report: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-105868
Get transcript: https://www.gao.gov/assets/820/819118.txt
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- published: 17 Apr 2023
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Laser and Microwave Weapons - Directed-Energy Weapon Programs, Potential, and Issues
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While technology has continued to evolve, most weapon systems modern militaries use operate ...
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While technology has continued to evolve, most weapon systems modern militaries use operate on old principles. A artillery piece is a world removed from a Napoleonic cannon, but the idea of detonating a charge behind a projectile in a tube in order to propel it in the direction of something you don't like - that remains the same.
For decades, Governments have also been investing in trying to develop systems that operate in very different ways - including directed energy weapons like lasers and High Powered Microwave weapons (HPM). And for decades - very little emerged in terms of deployable, destructive systems.
But on a battlefield increasingly dominated by cheap and precise threats such as loitering munitions, FPV drones or naval kamikaze drones, there is more pressure than ever for forces to leverage recent technological developments to turn concepts into functional, deployable tools for their armed forces.
In this episode, we look at the concepts behind Directed Energy Weapons, ask what advantages and disadvantages they might have compared to more conventional equivalents, and what how militaries might use them going forward.
Patreon:
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Caveats & Comments:
All normal caveats and comments apply.
In particular – I would like to note as always that this material has been created for entertainment purposes and should not be relied upon to inform financial or other similar decisions.
I have also not sought to provide a fulsome explanation of the science behind the operation of HEL and HPM systems. For those interested, I would strongly recommend further reading and I will include some potential sources in the source list below.
Relevant Reading (to added 20/02/2024 once I have access to my research notes and materials again)
Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Intro
00:01:10 — What Am I Talking About?
00:12:27 — The Directed Energy Promise
00:17:42 — Ground Applications
00:25:48 — Naval Applications
00:40:51 — Aerospace Applications
00:47:00 — Countermeasures and limitations
01:02:10 — Development challenges and risks
01:06:43 — Channel Update
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While technology has continued to evolve, most weapon systems modern militaries use operate on old principles. A artillery piece is a world removed from a Napoleonic cannon, but the idea of detonating a charge behind a projectile in a tube in order to propel it in the direction of something you don't like - that remains the same.
For decades, Governments have also been investing in trying to develop systems that operate in very different ways - including directed energy weapons like lasers and High Powered Microwave weapons (HPM). And for decades - very little emerged in terms of deployable, destructive systems.
But on a battlefield increasingly dominated by cheap and precise threats such as loitering munitions, FPV drones or naval kamikaze drones, there is more pressure than ever for forces to leverage recent technological developments to turn concepts into functional, deployable tools for their armed forces.
In this episode, we look at the concepts behind Directed Energy Weapons, ask what advantages and disadvantages they might have compared to more conventional equivalents, and what how militaries might use them going forward.
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/PerunAU
Caveats & Comments:
All normal caveats and comments apply.
In particular – I would like to note as always that this material has been created for entertainment purposes and should not be relied upon to inform financial or other similar decisions.
I have also not sought to provide a fulsome explanation of the science behind the operation of HEL and HPM systems. For those interested, I would strongly recommend further reading and I will include some potential sources in the source list below.
Relevant Reading (to added 20/02/2024 once I have access to my research notes and materials again)
Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Intro
00:01:10 — What Am I Talking About?
00:12:27 — The Directed Energy Promise
00:17:42 — Ground Applications
00:25:48 — Naval Applications
00:40:51 — Aerospace Applications
00:47:00 — Countermeasures and limitations
01:02:10 — Development challenges and risks
01:06:43 — Channel Update
- published: 19 Feb 2024
- views: 495531
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Test footage of UK DragonFire Laser Directed Energy Weapon
UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) Hebrides Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) end-to-end test 2023 / transition to Maritime LDEW engagement animation. Dstl footage ...
UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) Hebrides Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) end-to-end test 2023 / transition to Maritime LDEW engagement animation. Dstl footage and animation.
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Dstl on 11 March released declassified footage showing the DragonFire demonstrator being tested on the MoD Hebrides range against ‘above the horizon’ targets. While the full range of target sets was not disclosed, Dstl officials confirmed that a Banshee target drone was amongst the air threats engaged.
According to the MoD, the latest end-to-end trials, conducted on the MoD Hebrides range during Q4 2023, successfully demonstrated the ability of DragonFire to track dynamic air targets and deliver high-end effects at range. The LDEW system was tested at various powers against representative air and maritime target at varying ranges, altitudes and speeds.
Read more: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/03/uk-dragonfire-team-outlines-follow-on-laser-weapon-plans/
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UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) Hebrides Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) end-to-end test 2023 / transition to Maritime LDEW engagement animation. Dstl footage and animation.
=====================
Dstl on 11 March released declassified footage showing the DragonFire demonstrator being tested on the MoD Hebrides range against ‘above the horizon’ targets. While the full range of target sets was not disclosed, Dstl officials confirmed that a Banshee target drone was amongst the air threats engaged.
According to the MoD, the latest end-to-end trials, conducted on the MoD Hebrides range during Q4 2023, successfully demonstrated the ability of DragonFire to track dynamic air targets and deliver high-end effects at range. The LDEW system was tested at various powers against representative air and maritime target at varying ranges, altitudes and speeds.
Read more: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/03/uk-dragonfire-team-outlines-follow-on-laser-weapon-plans/
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- published: 11 Mar 2024
- views: 316918
10:09
Why The Pentagon Is Spending Billions To Bring Laser Weapons To The Battlefield
Direct energy weapons such as lasers and high powered microwaves may soon be used to defend against drones and rockets on the battlefield. These futuristic soun...
Direct energy weapons such as lasers and high powered microwaves may soon be used to defend against drones and rockets on the battlefield. These futuristic sounding weapons are part of a new wave of devices produced from billions of dollars in research and development from the Defense Department. But how close is the U.S. military to using these weapons in the field?
The Israel-Hamas conflict has shed new light on the need to defend against threats that range from small rockets to ballistic missiles. Israel has invested in the Iron Beam system, which produces a high-energy laser, to complement the Iron Dome batteries used to launch interceptors to take out incoming rockets.
"Interceptors are just surface-to-air missiles that shoot down incoming weapons. And there's obviously a limited number of them in the launcher at any given time, and they cost money and they're expendable," said Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. "A laser, on the other hand, gives you essentially an infinite magazine of interception opportunities, because the laser — as long as you've got electricity — will continue to recharge, continue to shoot down incoming weapons.
"Many of these direct energy systems are now starting to be used more extensively in the field. The DE M-SHORAD, or Direct Energy Maneuver Short Range Air Defense system, was tested by the U.S. Army in 2023 at the Yuma proving grounds. The Navy has the HELIOS, or High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, installed on the U.S.S. Preble, a Arleigh Burke-class destroyer."
We're at an inflection point right now, when it comes to the use of these directed-energy, laser weapons," said Masao Dahlgren, a fellow with the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "Various services in the U.S. military are prototyping these systems, bending metal, putting things out there and experimenting with them."
Watch the video to find out what the future of laser weapons holds.
Chapters:
1:52 - How lasers work
4:09 - The Iron Beam
6:00 - Military lasers
7:30 - What’s next?
Producer Brad Howard
Supervising Producer Jeff Morganteen
Animations: Jason Reginato, Christina Locopo
Additional footage, U.S. Department of Defense, Getty Images, Reuters
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Why The Pentagon Is Spending Billions To Bring Laser Weapons To The Battlefield
https://wn.com/Why_The_Pentagon_Is_Spending_Billions_To_Bring_Laser_Weapons_To_The_Battlefield
Direct energy weapons such as lasers and high powered microwaves may soon be used to defend against drones and rockets on the battlefield. These futuristic sounding weapons are part of a new wave of devices produced from billions of dollars in research and development from the Defense Department. But how close is the U.S. military to using these weapons in the field?
The Israel-Hamas conflict has shed new light on the need to defend against threats that range from small rockets to ballistic missiles. Israel has invested in the Iron Beam system, which produces a high-energy laser, to complement the Iron Dome batteries used to launch interceptors to take out incoming rockets.
"Interceptors are just surface-to-air missiles that shoot down incoming weapons. And there's obviously a limited number of them in the launcher at any given time, and they cost money and they're expendable," said Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. "A laser, on the other hand, gives you essentially an infinite magazine of interception opportunities, because the laser — as long as you've got electricity — will continue to recharge, continue to shoot down incoming weapons.
"Many of these direct energy systems are now starting to be used more extensively in the field. The DE M-SHORAD, or Direct Energy Maneuver Short Range Air Defense system, was tested by the U.S. Army in 2023 at the Yuma proving grounds. The Navy has the HELIOS, or High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, installed on the U.S.S. Preble, a Arleigh Burke-class destroyer."
We're at an inflection point right now, when it comes to the use of these directed-energy, laser weapons," said Masao Dahlgren, a fellow with the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "Various services in the U.S. military are prototyping these systems, bending metal, putting things out there and experimenting with them."
Watch the video to find out what the future of laser weapons holds.
Chapters:
1:52 - How lasers work
4:09 - The Iron Beam
6:00 - Military lasers
7:30 - What’s next?
Producer Brad Howard
Supervising Producer Jeff Morganteen
Animations: Jason Reginato, Christina Locopo
Additional footage, U.S. Department of Defense, Getty Images, Reuters
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Why The Pentagon Is Spending Billions To Bring Laser Weapons To The Battlefield
- published: 15 Nov 2023
- views: 866450
3:19
Directed Energy: The Time for Laser Weapon Systems has Come
At sea, in the air, and on the ground, Lockheed Martin is developing laser weapon systems to protect warfighters on the battlefield. Hear from our experts about...
At sea, in the air, and on the ground, Lockheed Martin is developing laser weapon systems to protect warfighters on the battlefield. Hear from our experts about how these systems combine with platform integration to defeat a growing range of threats to military forces and infrastructure.
.
Read more: https://lmt.co/2WBHZMH
https://wn.com/Directed_Energy_The_Time_For_Laser_Weapon_Systems_Has_Come
At sea, in the air, and on the ground, Lockheed Martin is developing laser weapon systems to protect warfighters on the battlefield. Hear from our experts about how these systems combine with platform integration to defeat a growing range of threats to military forces and infrastructure.
.
Read more: https://lmt.co/2WBHZMH
- published: 22 Jul 2020
- views: 936827
2:21:03
PSW 2492 The Emerging Directed Energy Weapons | Tom Karr & Jim Trebes
Lecture Starts at 16:36
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#2492
March 22, 2024
The Emerging Directed Energy Weapons: Are they finally ready to provide real military capabili...
Lecture Starts at 16:36
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March 22, 2024
The Emerging Directed Energy Weapons: Are they finally ready to provide real military capability?
Thomas J. Karr
James Trebes
High power microwave sources first appeared prior to World War II. Lasers were invented in 1960. Both have the potential to become revolutionary military weapons. Despite major military investments by multiple nations over the last 60 years, their potential has not been realized. In the last several years both microwave and laser technology has improved considerably. This has resulted in the development, testing, and operational demonstration of numerous directed energy weapons. Directed energy weapons may be on the threshold of becoming used by multiple nations.
What are they? How do they work? What missions are they being developed for? What will be their benefits? How will they achieve useful military effects What is the United States developing? What are other countries developing? What are the major limitations? What are the key challenges that still need to be overcome before directed energy weapons become part of military arsenals?
This lecture by the two former Directors of Directed Energy Weapons for the U.S. Department of Defense will provide some answers to these questions.
Thomas J. Karr
Thomas Karr is a consultant to the Defense Science Board and the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. He is also Chief Scientist for Sensors and Directed Energy at MITRE Corporation, and he is the owner of Alamo Scientific, LLC. Previously Tom was Principal Director for Directed Energy in the OUSD/R&E, Program Manager in the DARPA Office of Strategic Technology, Director of Innovative System Solutions at Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems, among numerous other positions in research and technology development.
At OUSD/R&E Tom managed all DoD directed energy research, development, test and engineering. At DARPA he led the development of autonomous precision navigation systems that do not require GPS and conceived and directed the development of synthetic aperture laser radar for high-resolution imaging of deep space objects. At Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) he led a re-design of US “national technical means” of intelligence collection, resulting in new US intel architectures; led the development and commissioning of the first system predicting SCUD missile impact points while in flight; and discovered fundamental properties of high power laser propagation through the atmosphere, confirming all predictions by experiment. Also at LLNL he discovered a new relativistic wave equation for interacting spin-½ particles, and applied this wave equation to quarks bound into pions, revealing additional internal structure in pions beyond the standard model of colored gluons. Tom also o-founded the first US commercial radar satellite company, RDL Space Corp. He is an author on 64 publications in scientific journals and inventor on three patents.
Among many honors and awards, he received the DARPA Meritorious Public Service Medal, is an Optica Fellow, a Fellow of the Military Sensing Symposium, and a Fellow of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). He has also held visiting fellowships at the Center for Theoretical Studies at the University of Miami, as a Joliot-Curie Fellow of the Commissariat a l’Énergie Atomique de France and the Centre d’Etudes Nucléaires Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, at the Center for Theoretical Physics at the Univeristy of Miami, and twice at the University of Maryland.
Tom earned an AB in Physics at Princeton University and a PhD in Physics at the University of Maryland.
James Trebes
James Trebes is a consultant for the Office of the Under-Secretary for Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD/RD) supporting directed energy weapons efforts, the Missile Defense Agency, and the Defense Science Board. Previously, he was Principal Physicist for Directed Energy for OUSD/RD and the Principal Director for Directed Energy for OUSD/RD. Before joining OUSD/RD Jim was with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for almost 40 years, where he served as a Group Leader, Division Leader for Medical Technology and Biophysics, Division Leader for Applied Physics, and Division Leader for Physics.
Jim is an author on 62 scientific publications and an inventor on seven patents. Among other honors and awards he is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and served on advisory boards for both the Texas A&M Aerospace Department and the UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Department.
Jim earned a BS in Physics at Georgia Tech and a PhD in Physics at Yale.
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March 22, 2024
The Emerging Directed Energy Weapons: Are they finally ready to provide real military capability?
Thomas J. Karr
James Trebes
High power microwave sources first appeared prior to World War II. Lasers were invented in 1960. Both have the potential to become revolutionary military weapons. Despite major military investments by multiple nations over the last 60 years, their potential has not been realized. In the last several years both microwave and laser technology has improved considerably. This has resulted in the development, testing, and operational demonstration of numerous directed energy weapons. Directed energy weapons may be on the threshold of becoming used by multiple nations.
What are they? How do they work? What missions are they being developed for? What will be their benefits? How will they achieve useful military effects What is the United States developing? What are other countries developing? What are the major limitations? What are the key challenges that still need to be overcome before directed energy weapons become part of military arsenals?
This lecture by the two former Directors of Directed Energy Weapons for the U.S. Department of Defense will provide some answers to these questions.
Thomas J. Karr
Thomas Karr is a consultant to the Defense Science Board and the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. He is also Chief Scientist for Sensors and Directed Energy at MITRE Corporation, and he is the owner of Alamo Scientific, LLC. Previously Tom was Principal Director for Directed Energy in the OUSD/R&E, Program Manager in the DARPA Office of Strategic Technology, Director of Innovative System Solutions at Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems, among numerous other positions in research and technology development.
At OUSD/R&E Tom managed all DoD directed energy research, development, test and engineering. At DARPA he led the development of autonomous precision navigation systems that do not require GPS and conceived and directed the development of synthetic aperture laser radar for high-resolution imaging of deep space objects. At Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) he led a re-design of US “national technical means” of intelligence collection, resulting in new US intel architectures; led the development and commissioning of the first system predicting SCUD missile impact points while in flight; and discovered fundamental properties of high power laser propagation through the atmosphere, confirming all predictions by experiment. Also at LLNL he discovered a new relativistic wave equation for interacting spin-½ particles, and applied this wave equation to quarks bound into pions, revealing additional internal structure in pions beyond the standard model of colored gluons. Tom also o-founded the first US commercial radar satellite company, RDL Space Corp. He is an author on 64 publications in scientific journals and inventor on three patents.
Among many honors and awards, he received the DARPA Meritorious Public Service Medal, is an Optica Fellow, a Fellow of the Military Sensing Symposium, and a Fellow of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). He has also held visiting fellowships at the Center for Theoretical Studies at the University of Miami, as a Joliot-Curie Fellow of the Commissariat a l’Énergie Atomique de France and the Centre d’Etudes Nucléaires Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, at the Center for Theoretical Physics at the Univeristy of Miami, and twice at the University of Maryland.
Tom earned an AB in Physics at Princeton University and a PhD in Physics at the University of Maryland.
James Trebes
James Trebes is a consultant for the Office of the Under-Secretary for Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD/RD) supporting directed energy weapons efforts, the Missile Defense Agency, and the Defense Science Board. Previously, he was Principal Physicist for Directed Energy for OUSD/RD and the Principal Director for Directed Energy for OUSD/RD. Before joining OUSD/RD Jim was with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for almost 40 years, where he served as a Group Leader, Division Leader for Medical Technology and Biophysics, Division Leader for Applied Physics, and Division Leader for Physics.
Jim is an author on 62 scientific publications and an inventor on seven patents. Among other honors and awards he is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and served on advisory boards for both the Texas A&M Aerospace Department and the UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Department.
Jim earned a BS in Physics at Georgia Tech and a PhD in Physics at Yale.
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- published: 25 Mar 2024
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Thermal Management for Directed Energy Weapons
Directed Energy Weapons are designed to damage targets at long distances with concentrated energy including lasers, microwaves and particle beams. The concentra...
Directed Energy Weapons are designed to damage targets at long distances with concentrated energy including lasers, microwaves and particle beams. The concentration of this energy leads to large heat loss. The overall reliability of the system relies on keeping the energy source at safe operating temperature. Watch this video to see a few of ACT's solutions to thermal management issues related to this industry.
For more information: https://www.1-act.com/industries/defense/
Article Feature: https://www.aerodefensetech.com/component/content/article/adt/features/articles/37608?m=200
https://wn.com/Thermal_Management_For_Directed_Energy_Weapons
Directed Energy Weapons are designed to damage targets at long distances with concentrated energy including lasers, microwaves and particle beams. The concentration of this energy leads to large heat loss. The overall reliability of the system relies on keeping the energy source at safe operating temperature. Watch this video to see a few of ACT's solutions to thermal management issues related to this industry.
For more information: https://www.1-act.com/industries/defense/
Article Feature: https://www.aerodefensetech.com/component/content/article/adt/features/articles/37608?m=200
- published: 15 Nov 2019
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DragonFire Laser Directed Energy Weapon system
Showcasing the DragonFire Laser Directed Energy Weapon system at DSEI 2017.
Showcasing the DragonFire Laser Directed Energy Weapon system at DSEI 2017.
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Showcasing the DragonFire Laser Directed Energy Weapon system at DSEI 2017.
- published: 18 Sep 2017
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DragonFire: New declassified footage of £10-a-shot laser precision weapon in action
A military laser that could give the UK military greater accuracy and cost only £10 per shot could be ready for British personnel to use in five years.
The Dra...
A military laser that could give the UK military greater accuracy and cost only £10 per shot could be ready for British personnel to use in five years.
The DragonFire Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) is a line-of-sight weapon and can engage with any visible target, according to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
It destroys targets with an intense beam of light and has pinpoint precision and can hit an object the size of a £1 coin from a kilometre away.
More: https://www.forces.net/technology/weapons-and-kit/dragonfire-new-footage-ps10-shot-laser-weapon-could-be-uk-military-five
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A military laser that could give the UK military greater accuracy and cost only £10 per shot could be ready for British personnel to use in five years.
The DragonFire Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) is a line-of-sight weapon and can engage with any visible target, according to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
It destroys targets with an intense beam of light and has pinpoint precision and can hit an object the size of a £1 coin from a kilometre away.
More: https://www.forces.net/technology/weapons-and-kit/dragonfire-new-footage-ps10-shot-laser-weapon-could-be-uk-military-five
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- published: 11 Mar 2024
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