Directed Energy

Weapons that emit energy in an aimed direction without the means of a projectile.

Recent Inquiries

What service labs are developing electronic warfare (EW) payloads/packages for small unmanned aircraft systems, and what companies can be leveraged to create attritable (attrition tolerant) EW payloads?

What service labs are developing electronic warfare (EW) payloads/packages for small unmanned aircraft systems (Groups 1 and 2), and what companies can be leveraged to create attritable (attrition tolerant) EW payloads?

What nonlethal and intermediate force capabilities can be integrated into unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and be ready for demonstration by the first quarter of 2026?

What nonlethal and intermediate force capabilities can be integrated into unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and be ready for demonstration by the first quarter of 2026?

What radio frequency threat system models exist, and how well can they account for electronic warfare?

What radio frequency threat system models exist, and how well can they account for electronic warfare?

Articles

Naval Postgraduate School faculty researchers Brij Agrawal, right, and Leonardo Herrera, center, observe U.S. Navy Ensign Nicholas Messina as he positions a Reaper drone model in an optical beam path that simulates how a laser weapon system engages a distant flying drone. (Javier Chagoya)

NPS Develops AI Solution to Automate Drone Defense With High Energy Lasers

MONTEREY, Calif.– Lasers enable the U.S. Navy to fight at the speed of light. Armed with artificial intelligence (AI), ship defensive laser systems can make rapid, accurate targeting assessments necessary for today’s complex and fast-paced…

An F-15E Strike Eagle sits on a flightline in San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 15, 2025. The aircraft was recently upgraded with Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System, advanced electronic warfare system. (Boeing courtesy photo)

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…

The U.S. Navy has declared initial operational capability for the F/A-18 E/F Infrared Search and Track Block II system. (U.S. Navy photo by Katie Archibald)

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…

Webinars

NISAR Instrument in NASA JPL clean room

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,…

Supporting high-energy lasers for combat

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

One naval vessel and eleven aircraft traveling over a body of water.

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)…

Image of ground vehicles in front of a background of binary code.

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,…