DIRECTED ENERGY PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY


 Employment of DE Weapons Conference 2007
19-23 March 2007 Monterey, California

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. 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
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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, and as part of the DE Systems Symposium, this conference was held on the Employment of Directed Energy Weapons. The objective of the conference was to investigate issues surrounding the employment of DE weapons. Topics included

  • Concepts of employment
  • Concepts of operation
  • Tactics development
  • War Games
  • Training
  • Testing
  • Safety

Conference Highlights

  • Technical presentations and poster papers
  • Invited speakers
  • Short courses
  • Evening reception
  • Exhibits
  • Attendance restricted to U.S. citizens with security clearances
  • A Conference making up the DE Systems Symposium

Previous Conference

Information about the previous Employment of DE Weapons Conferences is available.

Conference Committee

Conference Chair:    
Michael W. Booen (Raytheon) Michael_W_Booen@raytheon.com
 
Technical Program:    
Kathleen Van Norman (Raytheon) 520 794-1283 klvannorman@raytheon.com
 
Administrative/Registration:    
Cynnamon Spain 505 998-4910 Cynnamon@deps.org

 
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