What does ERD95 refer to when related to laser designators?
What does ERD95 refer to when related to laser designators?
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?
Articles
A Brighter Future for the Jupiter Laser Facility
Since the 1970s, the Janus laser, now part of the Jupiter Laser Facility (JLF), has served as an experimental proving ground to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) laser and fusion programs and the broader high-energy-density…
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…
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…
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,…