- Page 1 and 2: Defense Science Board Task Force on
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- Page 11 and 12: INTRODUCTION Several decades of sci
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- Page 15 and 16: Findings: Current Initiatives Airbo
- Page 17 and 18: Findings: New Applications Airborne
- Page 19 and 20: Countermunitions Maritime Self- Def
- Page 21 and 22: Findings: Science and Technology Th
- Page 23 and 24: Include deployable optics technolog
- Page 25 and 26: • Solid-State Lasers. Increase te
- Page 27: CHAPTER I. CURRENT INITIATIVES
- Page 30 and 31: • Lethality defines the total ene
- Page 32 and 33: ABL PAC-3 FLOT THAAD Navy Theater W
- Page 34 and 35: PATH TO OPERATIONAL SYSTEM Followin
- Page 36 and 37: Technology Investment Schedule(FY)
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- Page 42 and 43: Capability Assessment A definitive
- Page 44 and 45: Top Risks for IFX Element ID Risk I
- Page 46 and 47: Issue: No Operating System Concept
- Page 48 and 49: • Beam Control (wavefront error a
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- Page 58 and 59: HIGH ENERGY LASER SYSTEM - TACTICAL
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- Page 64 and 65: DF Lasers An artist’s conception
- Page 66 and 67: TASK FORCE FINDINGS 1. The THEL ACT
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- Page 73 and 74: this pressure. Hence the ATL, using
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- Page 85 and 86: Cost ($B) $80 $60 $40 48 laser sats
- Page 87 and 88: Space Ancillary Missions Ground Anc
- Page 89 and 90: OBJECTIVES The objective of the EAG
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2. Ground-, sea-, air-, and space-b
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Air Force studies have identified p
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capabilities create a desired effec
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question of how weather and environ
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Figure 46. The Army Vision THE OBJE
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efore they could lock on and engage
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Current deuterium fluoride technolo
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elative near term, and support a po
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wavelength and CW and pulse wavefor
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COUNTERMUNITIONS The Army Space and
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• The Waste Heat Subsystem provid
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Figure 49. The Littoral Warfighting
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technology approach that has been u
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Rules of engagement in operations o
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sight to the specific target(s). In
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Incorporating HEL systems into mili
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ADA integrator contractor to be imp
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triggered, need to be established u
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Maritime HEL Propagation 1 - 4.5 m
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In addition to the atmospheric phys
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A SOLUTION TO THE WEAPONEERING PUZZ
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Weapons Characteristics • Warhead
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REQUIRED WORK The Department of Def
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the extent that overall system leve
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BEAM CONTROL A recent study by the
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1st Generation 2nd Generation 3rd G
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• Many integration/demonstration
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Figure 67. Proposed Funding Profile
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concepts ranging from 50 to 300+ KW
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Free Volume = ~7 m 3 Beam Control S
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Table 3. Total SSHCL Weapon system
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8000 7000 Weight (kgs) 6000 5000 40
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Although the patent for the laser w
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In the intermediate region, cost an
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ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION AND COMPENS
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econstitutes the laser fluids. A be
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Another concern for FELs, which hav
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Appropriately developed and applied
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• Tactical High Energy Laser - Fi
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APPENDICES
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A-1
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APPENDIX B. TASK FORCE MEMBERSHIP
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Dr. Ralph Schneider Mr. Mike Wardla
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October 19-20, 2001 Name Topic Col.
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Capt. Jeff Barchers Dr. Al Ullman D
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TACTICAL HEL FIGHTER STUDY - BOEING
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• Enabling technologies critical
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In the future, the laser target eff
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Cloud Cover & Fog Molecular Absorpt
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P CFLOS = 0.8 Figure D-5. Notional
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egion on the right hand pie chart r
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• CUMULONIMBUS (CB) - Cauliflower
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With this brief discussion of the n
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In the future, off-board sensors wi
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Figures D-12 and D-13 illustrate po
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APPENDIX E. FREE ELECTRON LASERS
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straightforward with modest improve
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1. Develop ampere level average cur
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Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) thu
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RF Input Accelerator Optical Feedba
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picosecond electron pulses over tho
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APPENDIX F. GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AN
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GBL GGG GPS H 2 O 2 HE HE-HMMWV HEL