What is the state-of-the-art on directed energy (DE) and counter DE weapon technologies?
What is the state-of-the-art on directed energy (DE) and counter DE weapon technologies?
Directed Energy
Weapons that emit energy in an aimed direction without the means of a projectile.
Recent Inquiries
EMP Testing Protocols Used for USAF Weapons Systems
Can you identify electromagnetic pulse (EMP) testing protocols used for U.S. Air Force (USAF) weapons systems?
What nonlethal weapons technology exists for crowd control and a single individual?
What nonlethal weapons technology exists for crowd control and a single individual?
Articles
U.S. Air Force Delivers First EPAWSS-Modified F-15E Strike Eagle to RAF Lakenheath
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) — The F-15 Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System program achieved a major milestone when it delivered the first F-15E Strike Eagle equipped with the world’s most advanced electronic…
U.S. Navy F/A-18 Fleet Gets Enhanced Target Tracking as Infrared Search and Track System Achieves Initial Operational Capability
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, MD. – The U.S. Navy declared initial operational capability (IOC) for the F/A-18 E/F Infrared Search and Track (IRST) Block II system in November 2024, providing the fleet with…
Set to Study Earth’s Electrojets, EZIE Satellites Arrive at Launch Site
On January 27, the three spacecraft that make up NASA’s Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) mission reached the launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, where they will undergo final preparations and integration…
Webinars
Antenna Systems for Space Applications at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Antenna developments for space applications have a long history at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Starting from the 1970s, Voyager; Galileo; Cassini; the Shutter Radar Topography mission; and, more recently,…
Experimental Protective Coatings for CDEW Applications
Researchers have taken many avenues to mitigate how high-energy laser (HEL) weapons affect platform survivability because of size, weight, performance, and cost factors. Protective coatings offer a cheap, lightweight option for counter directed energy weapons…
High-Power, Radio Frequency/Microwave, Directed Energy Weapons Models and Simulations
This webinar presentation will provide a survey overview of the state of the art in modeling and simulation (M&S) tools related to researching and developing high-power, radio frequency/microwave, directed energy weapons (HPM DEWs) and evaluating…
Events
2025 Pacific Operational Science & Technology (POST) Conference
Join NDIA and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command for the 2025 Pacific Operational Science & Technology (POST) Conference. This event promises to deliver a platform for collaboration, innovation, and exploration of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)…
Cyber Electromagnetic Activity (CEMA) 2024 Conference
The 10th Annual CEMA Conference comes at a critical inflection point for electronic warfare (EW). After a 30+ year hiatus, the Army is on the cusp of fielding a variety of terrestrial and airborne EW…
EWA Technical Conference and the Dixie Crow Symposium
The 48th Dixie Crow Technical Symposium will take place at the Century of Flight Hangar Museum of Aviation, located on Robins Air Force Base (AFB), GA. Events include technical short courses, electromagnetic warfare (EW)/intelligence, surveillance,…