The operational employment of directed energy (DE) weapons by U.S. forces is coming on a
significant scale, well within the tenure of most current service members. Several DE systems
hold promise for incorporation into the inventory within just a few years. The unique features
of these weapons provide both special advantages to the military force and unique challenges.
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A consideration of these advantages and challenges before deployment can accelerate the
transforming power of these weapons and minimize the possible downsides. Therefore, it is
important that the DoD community consider all aspects of operations, training, and testing of
DE weapons. This should include an understanding of current efforts and the definition of areas
where additional effort is required to ensure rapid integration of these systems into the active
inventory as soon as they become available.
As a forum for these considerations, the fifth annual Employment of Directed Energy Weapons Conference was
held on 12-16 April 2010 to investigate issues surrounding the employment of DE weapons. The conference
was part of the Directed Energy Systems Symposium.
Conference Highlights
- Technical presentations and poster papers
- Invited speakers
- Short courses
- Evening reception
- Exhibits
- One of six conferences making up the DE Systems Symposium
- Attendance at all sessions was limited to U.S. citizens with a classified visit request
on file and who are employees of the U.S. government or its contractors.
The goals of the Employment of Directed Energy Weapons Conference were to investigate and focus on the issues
associated with the employment of directed energy weapons. This includes resolution of barriers, factors that could
expedite the employment process and the status of particular systems. The conference included sessions on both
high energy laser and high power microwave systems.
Details regarding conference location, security restrictions, and short courses, as well as
fees and registration were shared among all conferences making up the Systems Symposium and can be found
on the main Systems Symposium page.
Proceedings
The Employment of Directed Energy Weapons Conference will publish all submitted presentations and papers that
have been properly released by a sponsoring government agency and have proper classification markings.
The proceedings, included as part of the DE Systems Symposium proceedings, the will be organized as follows to allow
for maximum distribution of the technical data:
Unclassified / Distribution A (Public Release)
Unclassified / Distribution A and C
Unclassified / Distribution A, C and D
Secret / Distribution C
Secret / Distribution D
Submission Instructions
Papers
Authors are encouraged to submit papers as well as presentations. Submitted papers may, upon author
approval, be forwarded for consideration by editors of the Journal of Directed Energy,
a peer-reviewed publication.
Papers are due on or before 9 April 2010 and should be submitted in either
Microsoft Word format (preferred) or Adobe Acrobat format (PDF file). Specific format instructions are
described on the DEPS conference paper format page. Include full
information (including address, phone, fax, and email) for corresponding author. It is the authors'
responsibility to ensure that the paper has not been published, nor under consideration, elsewhere.
Mailing Instructions
Submit unclassified papers and presentations by email to
john.hartke@usma.edu or to the address given below.
Classified submissions must be mailed. Be sure to also submit the appropriate release form(s)
found below.
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Classified Submissions
Outer Envelope:
IMNE-MIL-CLA (C. Drouin)
646 Swift Rd
West Point, NY 10996
Inner Envelope:
LTC John Hartke
Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering
Bartlett Hall
West point, NY 10996
(Please stamp the classification on the inner envelope.)
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Unclassified Submissions
LTC John Hartke
Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering
United States Military Academy
West Point, NY 10996
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Release Forms
Release forms will be required for materials to be presented at the Employment of DE Weapons Conference
and for papers to be published in the Conference Proceedings. These Microsoft Word release forms can be
completed electronically, then printed for signature and submission. Submission instructions are provided on
the form itself.
Note that poster papers are considered presentations and the presentation release form
should be used in those cases.
Presentation Release Form
Paper Release Form
Security
Classified materials must be marked In Accordance With DoD 5200.1-R, Sections 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 and
Executive Order EO 12958 "Classified National Security Information," dated 23 March 2003.
Distribution
Distribution statements of technical documents must be identified in accordance with DoD Directive 5230.24,
Paragraph 6. Papers with distribution statements A, C, D, and X are encouraged to facilitate publication of
the technical data in the proceedings.
All presentations must have an
authorized distribution statement on the first page. Presentations containing Distribution
Statements B and E will not be presented at the Employment of DE Weapons Conference.
All papers must have an authorized distribution statement on the first page. Papers containing
Distribution Statements B, E, and F will not be published in the Employment of DE Weapons Conference proceedings.
Previous Conference
Information about the previous Employment of DE Weapons Conferences is available.
Conference Committee
