COUNTER-DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS: DEFENSE OF AIR ASSETS
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Authors
Ansley, James A., Jr.
Buffin, Kyle
Couture, Victoria E.
Gonaduwage, Eranga A.
Hakimipour, Stephen A.
Nguyen, Lisa
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CDEW
counter-directed energy weapons
atmospheric conditions
lasers
UAV
counter-directed energy weapons
atmospheric conditions
lasers
UAV
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Johnson, Bonnie W.
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2020-03
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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The global proliferation of directed energy weapon technology presents a new threat for the United States as competitors try to capitalize on the technology's relative high potential of mission success and low operational costs. The use of these weapons necessitates new engineering solutions for naval assets in order to keep pace. It is essential to proactively plan for counter-directed energy weapon methods, tactics, and capabilities. This capstone project characterized the adversarial-directed energy threat environment and developed and evaluated concepts for countering, evading, and neutralizing the potential threat effects against naval assets. In particular, the study focused on high-energy laser weapon systems and their effects on naval unmanned aerial vehicles. Capstone team members developed an evaluation tool that they applied to the concepts. The tool can be adapted to counter and defend a variety of assets. After the team applied systems thinking to this problem, it recommended methods for naval assets to counter these threats.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.