Directed Energy

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

Recent Inquiries

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?

How is the Army using directed-energy deposition additive manufacturing?

How is the Army using directed-energy deposition additive manufacturing?

Articles

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…

The three EZIE spacecraft are shown at Blue Canyon Technologies in Boulder, Colorado, before their arrival at the launch site. Credit: Blue Canyon Technologies

Set to Study Earth’s Electrojets, EZIE Satellites Arrive at Launch Site

On January 27, the three spacecraft that make up NASA’s Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) mission reached the launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, where they will undergo final preparations and integration…

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,…