Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate
Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate
Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate
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Briefing to<br />
Request for Information Symposium<br />
14 February 2000<br />
<strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Laboratory</strong><br />
<strong>Directed</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Directorate</strong><br />
AFRL/DE<br />
Kirtland AFB, New Mexico<br />
Colonel Doug Beason<br />
Deputy Director<br />
11 Feb 00
“VICTORY SMILES UPON THOSE<br />
WHO ANTICIPATE THE CHANGES IN<br />
THE CHARACTER OF WAR” Guilio Douhet
<strong>Directed</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Directorate</strong><br />
A paradigm shift in weapon system technology for the 21st Century.<br />
Our Mission<br />
• To support user needs for DEW<br />
applications and to address mission<br />
area deficiencies<br />
• To exploit the relevance of <strong>Directed</strong><br />
<strong>Energy</strong> technology to <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong><br />
and DoD needs<br />
• To foster user awareness of the<br />
potential of <strong>Directed</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> for<br />
<strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> and DoD applications<br />
• To avoid technological surprise<br />
• To explore DE technology avenues<br />
that offer high payoff to directed<br />
energy capabilities and applications<br />
To do what has never been done<br />
before!
<strong>Directed</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Directorate</strong><br />
Our Vision of the Future:<br />
<strong>Directed</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> will Dominate the Battlespace of the 21st Century<br />
Strike<br />
We<br />
We<br />
will<br />
will<br />
strike<br />
strike<br />
deep<br />
deep<br />
in<br />
in<br />
the<br />
the<br />
enemy’s<br />
enemy’s<br />
territory<br />
territory<br />
at<br />
at<br />
the<br />
the<br />
speed<br />
speed<br />
of<br />
of<br />
light,<br />
light,<br />
with<br />
with<br />
little<br />
little<br />
or<br />
or<br />
no<br />
no<br />
collateral<br />
collateral<br />
damage<br />
damage<br />
or<br />
or<br />
loss<br />
loss<br />
of<br />
of<br />
life,<br />
life,<br />
crippling<br />
crippling<br />
his<br />
his<br />
ability<br />
ability<br />
to<br />
to<br />
wage<br />
wage<br />
aggression.<br />
aggression.<br />
Our<br />
Our<br />
high<br />
high<br />
value<br />
value<br />
and<br />
and<br />
limited<br />
limited<br />
military<br />
military<br />
assets<br />
assets<br />
will<br />
will<br />
be<br />
be<br />
protected<br />
protected<br />
by<br />
by<br />
invisible<br />
invisible<br />
shields<br />
shields<br />
of<br />
of<br />
directed<br />
directed<br />
energy.<br />
energy.<br />
Protect<br />
Graduated Deterrence<br />
We<br />
We<br />
will<br />
will<br />
provide<br />
provide<br />
our<br />
our<br />
warfighters<br />
warfighters<br />
with<br />
with<br />
weapons<br />
weapons<br />
that<br />
that<br />
provide<br />
provide<br />
a<br />
a<br />
wide<br />
wide<br />
range<br />
range<br />
of<br />
of<br />
graduated<br />
graduated<br />
force<br />
force<br />
for<br />
for<br />
every<br />
every<br />
military<br />
military<br />
contingency.<br />
contingency.<br />
Our<br />
Our<br />
battleflield<br />
battleflield<br />
awareness<br />
awareness<br />
will<br />
will<br />
be<br />
be<br />
greatly<br />
greatly<br />
enhanced<br />
enhanced<br />
with<br />
with<br />
directed<br />
directed<br />
energy<br />
energy<br />
tools<br />
tools<br />
capable<br />
capable<br />
of<br />
of<br />
detection<br />
detection<br />
and<br />
and<br />
identification<br />
identification<br />
Awareness
Security & safety in<br />
isolated canyons<br />
Access to 50,000<br />
acres for testing<br />
Remote sites<br />
Ideal weather<br />
“thin” atmosphere<br />
Kirtland AFB<br />
Unique & ideally suited for the nation’s<br />
directed energy technology development<br />
Dark skies<br />
No light<br />
“pollution”<br />
International airport & metro area<br />
Many diverse, high tech tenants
<strong>Directed</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Directorate</strong><br />
Remote Sites<br />
•Maui, HI (leased land)<br />
•Relay Mirror Experiment Facility<br />
•Maui High Performance Computer Center<br />
•Maui Space Surveillance Complex<br />
• North Oscura Peak, NM<br />
• Telescope site at White Sands Missile Range<br />
• Supports Space Imaging R&D (ABL Technology)
Lasers and Microwaves<br />
Synergistic, Complementary and Capable<br />
Radiation Wavelength<br />
. 1µm 1µm 10µm 100µm 1mm 1cm 10cm 1m 10m 100m<br />
Lasers<br />
Microwaves<br />
High <strong>Energy</strong> Lasers<br />
Small spot: surgical attack<br />
High Power Microwave s<br />
Flood target area: multiple simultaneous targets<br />
Affects targets from outside: structural destruction<br />
Affects components inside: electronic disruption<br />
Weather sensitive: clouds, dust, molecular absorption<br />
Weather insensitive: sees through clouds and dust.<br />
Modest apertures: glass mirrors, coatings<br />
Big apertures: metal antennas, ground planes<br />
But on the other hand,... they both<br />
• Travel at the speed of light to the target<br />
• Capable of graduated effects from deny, disrupt, degrade, and destroy.<br />
• Minimum collateral damage
<strong>Directed</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Directorate</strong><br />
Broad Technology Investments<br />
Laser<br />
Technology<br />
Thrust<br />
Advanced<br />
Optical Tech<br />
Thrust<br />
High Power<br />
RF Tech<br />
Thrust
Scalable Multi-Wavelength<br />
Laser Program<br />
Ground Based Laser<br />
Technology Program<br />
<strong>Air</strong>borne Laser<br />
Technology Program<br />
High Power Laser<br />
Program<br />
Remote Sensing<br />
High<br />
Efficiency<br />
Electric<br />
Laser<br />
Program<br />
<strong>Directed</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Directorate</strong><br />
12 Major DE Technology<br />
Programs<br />
HPM Sources Program<br />
Space Awareness<br />
Program<br />
HPM Applications<br />
Program<br />
HPM Pulsed Power Program<br />
Large Optics<br />
HPM Effects Program
AFRL<br />
<strong>Directed</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Directorate</strong><br />
Mission<br />
Develop, integrate and transition science & technology<br />
for <strong>Directed</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> to include<br />
high power microwaves, lasers, adaptive optics,<br />
imaging and its effects<br />
to assure the preeminence of US in air & space<br />
Major Technology Programs<br />
Ground Based Laser<br />
<strong>Air</strong>borne Laser<br />
High Power Lasers<br />
Multi-Wavelength Laser<br />
Electric Lasers<br />
Large Optics<br />
Space Awareness<br />
HPM Applications<br />
HPM Effects<br />
HPM Pulsed Power<br />
HPM Sources<br />
Remote Sensing<br />
AFRL/DE - factoids<br />
•952 people (Civ, Mil, Contr)<br />
•$109M FY00 budget<br />
•4,325 acres<br />
•757,000 sf of space<br />
•Located throughout Kirtland<br />
•Sites at Maui & WSMR
<strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Laboratory</strong><br />
<strong>Directed</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Directorate</strong><br />
<strong>Directed</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Directorate</strong><br />
Director<br />
Deputy<br />
Chief Scientist<br />
Dr Earl Good<br />
Col Douglas Beason<br />
Dr Barry Hogge<br />
Starfire Optical<br />
Range<br />
Advanced Optics<br />
and Imaging<br />
Laser<br />
Technology<br />
High Power Microwave<br />
Microwave<br />
Technology<br />
Assessment<br />
Integration &<br />
Operations<br />
Major Jim Brown<br />
Dr Chris Clayton Col Greg Schneider LtCol Mark Franz<br />
Dr Dave Dinwiddie<br />
Mr Leonard Contreras<br />
Dr Bob Fugate<br />
Dr Connie Guiliano<br />
Dr Harro Ackermann<br />
Dr Bill Baker<br />
Lt Col Terry Franks<br />
Mr Bill Thompson
<strong>Directed</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Directorate</strong><br />
Major Kirtland Facilities<br />
Lasers, Optics, Imaging<br />
Starfire Optical Range<br />
Argus Facility<br />
Advanced Laser Facility<br />
Chemical-Oxygen-Iodine-<br />
Laser Facility<br />
Optics Development<br />
& Beam Control <strong>Laboratory</strong><br />
Laser Effects Test Facility<br />
Optics Coating & Components Evaluation <strong>Laboratory</strong>
<strong>Directed</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Directorate</strong><br />
Major Facilities - High Power Microwave<br />
Plasma <strong>Research</strong><br />
<strong>Laboratory</strong><br />
High <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Research</strong><br />
& Technology Facility<br />
High <strong>Energy</strong> Microwave <strong>Laboratory</strong><br />
Electromagnetic <strong>Energy</strong>/RF Effects <strong>Laboratory</strong><br />
Electric <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Laboratory</strong>
<strong>Directed</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Directorate</strong><br />
Manning<br />
On-Site<br />
Contractors<br />
325<br />
Military<br />
234<br />
BS/Other<br />
34% PhD<br />
29%<br />
Civilian<br />
393<br />
MS<br />
37%<br />
Assigned Personnel<br />
952<br />
Government S&E Education Levels
<strong>Directed</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Directorate</strong><br />
FY00 AFRL PB Resources<br />
DE S&T: $75.3M (7%)<br />
6.1, 6.2, 6.3<br />
Customer: $8.81M (8%)<br />
a/o 31 Jan 00<br />
Cong Add: $25M (23%)<br />
Rest of AFRL S&T: $962.67M<br />
6.2/6.3: $70.37M (64%)<br />
6.1: $4.93M (5%)<br />
AFRL TOTAL S&T: $1,037.98M<br />
<strong>Directed</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> Total: $109.11M
<strong>Directed</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Directorate</strong><br />
Potential Areas for Collaboration<br />
• Electric Lasers<br />
• Beam Control<br />
• Large, Lightweight Optics<br />
• Optical Coatings<br />
• High Power RF Sources<br />
• High Power RF Antennae<br />
• Atmospheric Compensation<br />
• Remote Sensing<br />
For Information contact Mr Rich Garcia, AFRL/DEOB-PA (505)846-4583
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