Co-Sponsored by the The Fifth Annual High Energy Laser (HEL) Lethality Conference assembled scientists and engineers interested in High Energy Laser (HEL) weapon lethality. The HEL Lethality Conference objectives were:
Conference Highlights
The HEL Lethality Conference plans to issue a proceeding that will consist of papers only (formal manuscripts, not presentations or posters) that have been released by a sponsoring government agency and have proper classification markings. Based on prior year experience this proceedings will be classified Secret/NOFORN and will be limited distribution D. Call for Papers Papers (presentations as well as poster papers) are solicited in the topic areas described below for the Fifth Annual High Energy Laser (HEL) Lethality Conference. The conference will be held at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA on 3-7 March 2008 as a part of the Directed Energy (DE) Systems Symposium. The HEL Lethality Conference will be conducted in parallel with the High Energy Laser Beam Control Conference, the Directed Energy Modeling and Simulation Conference, Employment of DE Weapons Conference, the DE Effects Mitigation Conference and the High Power Microwave Workshop.
Potential topic areas include: 1) System Level Target Vulnerability Assessment HEL lethality studies conducted by program offices and other research organizations working in the area of systems engineering and target system response will be featured. This includes engagement level analysis and system data supporting the development of HEL weapon lethality criteria for targets of interest. Topics for consideration in this area include:
2) Laser Effects Work sponsored by program offices and other organizations conducting experimental research will be presented. This includes basic optical, mechanical and thermal investigation on materials, components, and systems. Continuous Wave (CW), pulsed and ultra-short pulsed (USP) laser effects will be covered. Topics for consideration include:
Abstracts lethality-conf@saic.com Although they will be accepted as late as 16 November, early submittals will be given special consideration. Authors will be notified on or before 30 November 2007 of acceptance of their paper for presentation and/or publication. Presentations Authors are requested to submit presentations on electronic media (CDs preferred) with the accompanying presentation release form (completely filled out and signed) to the address below. (This MS Word form can be completed electronically, then printed for signature and mailing.) It is the responsibility of the lead author to obtain all approvals and releases for presentation. All submitted materials must be appropriately marked for security classification, including unclassified presentations as well as identification of any distribution restrictions. Additionally, please identify the presenter (if different) and update contact information. Microsoft PowerPoint format is preferred. Please identify the application of any movies or embedded files. The presentation should be appropriate for 30 minutes of presentation (including questions). Font sizes should be large enough for those in the back of a large auditorium to read. Unclassified presentations should be mailed to the address listed below for the "Inner Envelope". Classified presentations should be mailed as follows:
Papers Authors are requested to submit papers on electronic media (CDs preferred) with the accompanying paper release form (completely filled out and signed) to the address provided above. (This MS Word form can be completed electronically, then printed for signature and mailing.) It is the responsibility of the lead author to obtain all approvals and releases for publication. All submitted materials must be appropriately marked for security classification, including unclassified papers as well as identification of any distribution restrictions. Papers should be submitted in either Microsoft Word format, which is preferred or Adobe Acrobat format (PDF file). 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. Security Classified Documents Overall Document Marking Page Marking Distribution Presentations at the HEL Lethality Conference will be limited to those personnel with a proper visit request, clearance, and a need to know on file at the conference. 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 HEL Lethality Conference. Primary distribution of the proceedings is to attendees with cleared facilities. 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 HEL Lethality Conference proceedings. Previous Conference Information about the previous High Energy Laser Lethality Conferences is available.
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