The Directed Energy Newsletter Archive: Pre-2010 Past listings from Wave Front, the Directed Energy Newsletter, are archived here. Links may be broken as the Web pages from the original sources decay. Wave Front was published as a PDF document through 2002. The available issues may be obtained at the bottom of this page. News and Announcements Archive 2008 The Center for Directed Energy at AFIT won the 2007 USAF M&S Planning Award. Mounted 27 March 2008 The Active Denial System was featured on a "60 Minutes" segment on 2 March 2008. Mounted on 3 March 2008 2007 The inventor of the first operable laser Theodore Maiman has died at the age of 79. Mounted 15 May 2007 2006 Susan Thornton has been named director of the Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate, effective 1 January 2007. Mounted 1 December 2006 The Free-Electron Laser at Jefferson Lab produced a 14.2 kW beam at 1.61 microns. Mounted 9 November 2006 Colonel Kirk Kloeppel has been named deputy director of Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate. Mounted 22 June 2006 Dr. Robert Fugate has retired from the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate. Mounted 8 February 2006 Rear Admiral William E. Landay will succeed Rear Admiral Jay M. Cohen as Chief of Naval Research during a ceremony on 20 January 2006. Mounted 17 January 2006 2005 DEPS member Richard Hepburn has been elected president of the American Society of Naval Engineers. Mounted 12 October 2005 Doug Beason's newly published The E-Bomb has been added to the DE Books by DEPS members list. Mounted 10 October 2005 DEPS member Dr. Peter Turchi elected AIAA Fellow. Mounted 18 July 2005 The Directed Energy Test & Evaluation Capability (DETEC) Lead Systems Integrator (SAIC) will host an Open Forum/Industry Day in Destin, Florida on 2 February. Mounted 14 January 2005 2004 Free electron laser reaches 10 kilowatts.
Mounted 2 August 2004 DEPS Member Terry Duncan receives Arthur S. Flemming Award.
Mounted 28 June 2004 DEPS Members Dr. William Baker and Dr. Robert Fugate receive Presidential Rank Awards.
Mounted 25 May 2004 Mr. Michael C. Schexnayder replaces Major General John M. Urias as Deputy to the Commander for Research,
Development, and Acquisition at SMDC.
Mounted 21 May 2004 Wavefront
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