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Symposium Overview
As the Directed Energy community continues a transition from years of Science & Technology to Programs of
Record, the theme for this year's Systems Symposium is
"DEW Systems: The Solution to Real World Issues"
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| The Hyatt Regency Monterey is the Symposium hotel.
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The 2025 Directed Energy Systems Symposium will be held 15-18 December 2025 in Monterey, CA at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel
(Visit the hotel website or Book your room) and at
an offsite location.
The DE Systems Symposium focuses on systems aspects of Directed Energy in a limited-attendance environment.
Some portions of the Systems Symposium are held at a CUI/Limited Distribution level while others are
conducted at the Secret level.
Attendance for this event is limited to U.S. citizens from government, industry and academia with appropriate clearance and/or
need-to-know, depending on which sessions they wish to attend. See Visit Request Information.
Attendees wishing to access sessions at the offsite location, will also
need to fulfill facility access requirements. More information is
available here. Note that
base access will only be by CAC if you have not completed the SECNAV form by 14 November.
Laboratory Tour
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| The tour will consist of three testbeds.
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Join us on Monday at 1330 for a tour of the Naval Postgraduate School Laboratory Spacecraft Research and Design Center (SRDC)
hosted by Dr. Brij Agrawal, NPS Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering and
Director of Spacecraft Research and Design Center. SRDC laboratories are used for instruction and research in space system engineering and space
operations curricula. The emphasis has been on providing students with hands-on experience in the design, analysis, and
testing of space systems and systems and to provide students facilities for experimental research. Learn more about the
Laboratory here.
Meet at the conference registration desk located in the Hyatt Regency Convention Center.
Please note that attendees must meet base access requirements. The tour will consist of three testbeds:
- NPS High Energy Laser Beam Control Research Testbed (HBCRT) -
It has a 30cm diameter telescope, acquisition sensor, and adaptive optics.
- Multi Conjugate Woofer-Tweeter Adaptive Optics Testbed -
It consists of three deformable mirror and two wavefront sensor.
- Segmented Mirror Telescope -
It consists of six segments, 3 m diameter, with 156 piezo actuators on each segments, 3 fine and 6 coarse actuators
on each segments for alignment, FSM, and focal plane.
Highlights:
- Professional Development Short Courses
- Tuesday all-day plenary session
- System-oriented CUI & Classified breakout technical sessions
- Poster Session
- Exhibits and an Exhibitor Reception
- Laboratory Tour of the Spacecraft Research and Design Center
| Overview Agenda |
Monday, 15 December
- Short Courses
- Laboratory Tour of the Spacecraft Research and Design Center
- Tuesday, 16 December
- AM/PM Plenary Session
- Evening Reception
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Wednesday, 17 December
- AM/PM Technical Breakout Sessions
- Thursday, 18 December
- AM/PM Technical Breakout Sessions
- Symposium Adjourns
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| Symposium Contacts |
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Symposium Co-Chairs |
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Lawrence Grimes |
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Bonnie Johnson |
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Technical Program Chair |
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Conor Pogue |
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Symposium Technical Committee |
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AI for DE (Artificial Intelligence for Directed Energy) |
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Teresa Berra, Amanda Coleman |
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Airborne DE Systems |
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Matt Whiteley |
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Counter DE Warfare (CDEW) |
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John McElhenny, Kent Averett |
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DE Bioeffects |
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Emily Boice, Brent Voorhees |
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DE Manufacturability, Readiness, & Sustainment |
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Chris Behre |
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DE Systems for Non-Weapon Applications - Power Beaming, Sensing, Communications |
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Dana Teague |
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Directed Energy (DE) System Modeling & Wargaming |
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Chris Wilcox |
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HEL Components - Lasers, Combiners, Beam Control |
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Matt Whiteley |
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HEL Non-lethal Weapons |
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TBD |
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High Energy Laser (HEL) Systems |
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Neset Akozbek, Brian Curran |
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High Power Microwave (HPM) Systems |
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David Simon |
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HPM Effects & Lethality |
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George Che |
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Space-Based DE Systems |
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Victor Gamiz |
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Symposium Coordinator |
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Cynnamon Spain |
(505) 998-4910 |
Cynnamon@deps.org |
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Technical Program Coordinator |
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Devona Valdez |
(505) 998-4910 |
devona@deps.org |
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Short Courses |
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Melissa McCrary |
(505) 998-4910 |
melissa@deps.org |
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Registration & Payments |
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Raheela Bokhari |
(505) 998-4910 |
raheela@deps.org |
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Presentations and Releases |
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Devona Valdez |
(505) 998-4910 |
devona@deps.org |
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Last updated: 4 November 2025
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