The items listed below constitute the CUI (limited distribution D) proceedings from the 2018 Directed Energy Systems Symposium. Distribution of these proceedings is authorized only to employees of U.S. Department of Defense and its contractors. Persons with the necessary credentials can purchase these proceedings from the DEPS office; email merchandise@deps.org with your request. Unless otherwise noted, presentations only are available for each entry.
Opening Plenary
FY18/19 Non-Lethal Directed Energy Weapon (NL DEW) Objectives Mr. David Law, Chief Scientist, Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate
Joint Session
Management of Illumination of Objects in Space Christopher Behre, NSWC Dahlgren
Air Force Perspectives on DEW Safety Lt. Col. Pete Johnson, PhD, USAF Safety Center
Rapid Acquisition: Is DE Ready for It? Is it Ready for DE? Bill Decker, WMD Consulting
Poster Session
Response of a High Voltage, NanoDielectric Capacitor’s Electrical and Mechanical Properties to Thermal Variation Randy Curry, L. Brown, S. Dickerson, S. Mounter, J. McFarland, University of Missouri
Implementation of the Power in the Bucket Inflection Point to Define Beam Diameter Matthew Leigh, DE JTO and Zachary Leigh, Albuquerque Institute of Math and Science
High Energy Laser Metrology: NSWC Corona-NIST Collaborations Subrata Sanyal, Tam Vo, Daniel King, Joseph Fiordilino, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Corona Division and Paul Williams, Joshua Hadler, John Lehman, NIST
Optical Wedge Characterization utilizing dual in-situ novel Primary Standard Optical Power Meters Subrata Sanyal, Tam Vo, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Corona Division and James Bowers, Steven Fiorino, AFIT
Metrology and Calibration for HPM and HPRF Weapon Systems Norberto Ulloa, Andrew Doan, Norberto Ulloa, Ignacio Espinosa, Thuan Nham, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Corona Division
HEL System Demo Results
Submarine High Energy Laser (SubHELW) Assessment & Risk Reduction Brent Blaha, NNS and Jeff Maloney, L3 Brashear and Tariq Manzur, Naval Undersea Warfare Center
T&E Capabilities for DE Systems
Directed Energy Test (DET) Portfolio and Future Thrusts Whitney Winchester, PEO-STRI
DoD Electric Weapons: Measurements, Standards, Traceability, Calibrations (needs, gaps, recommendations) Subrata Sanyal, NSWC Corona and Richard Braunbeck, US Navy and Dianne Costlow, SES
Mobile High Energy Laser Measurement (MHELM) Trung Nguyen, PEO-STRI
DET S&T Technology as HPM Calibration Candidates Jeff Schleher, American Systems
Advances in RF Power Measurements Through Radiation Pressure and Rydberg Atom Spectroscopy Matthew Simons, Christopher Holloway, Josh Gordon, John Lehman, Paul Williams, Aly Artusio-Glimpse, Ivan Ryger, Gordon Shaw, NIST
Investigation of Multiple-Slab Path for Turbulence Profiling Using the IACS LIDAR Cody Fernandez, Ryan James, Chris Valenta, Georgia Tech Research Institute
HEL Modeling & Effects I
Feasibility and Utility of Airborne Solid-state Lasers against Ground Ordnance Joseph Fasone, Keith Cohn, Joseph Blau, U.S. Military Academy
First Look at Profiling Atmospheric Turbulence along a Path using the Hartmann Turbulence Sensor Santasri Bose-Pillai, Jack McCrae, Christopher Rice, Steven Fiorino, AFIT
Combining HPC and 4D Weather Cubes for Practical DE Decision Aids and System Performance Trades Jaclyn Schmidt, Steven Fiorino, Santasri Bose-Pillai, Brannon Elmore, Kevin Deefer, AFIT and Josiah Bills, Radiance Technologies
HEL Field Test Forensic Analysis: Advances through combination of in-situ range measurements and DE-JTO M&S Tools Steve Fiorino, James Bowers, Kevin Keefer, AFIT
Profiling Atmospheric Turbulence with Moon Imagery Jack McCrae, Steve Fiorino, Santasri Bose-Pillai, AFIT
HPM Modeling & Effects
Radio Frequency Directed Energy Design Tool (RF DE DT) PAPER John Tatum, SURVICE Engineering Company
Beam Propagation Model Selection for Millimeter-Wave Directed Energy Weapons PAPER John Biddle, Shelley Cazares, IDA
Attenuation Statistics Derivation in the V&W Bands Using 4D Weather Cubes Lt. Bertus Shelters, Steven Fiorino, Brannon Elmore, Josiah Bills, Jaclyn Schmidt, AFIT and Matthew Husk, Applied Research Solutions
Characterization of the Electromagnetic Coupling to UAVs James Hunter, Daryl Beetner, Victor Khilkevich, Ahmed Hassan, Yuanzhuo Liu, Dennis Floyd, Missouri University of Science & Technology
HEL Modeling & Effects II
Modeling the Kerr Effect in WaveTrain Beam Propagation Jason Tellez, MZA Associates
Transient Temperature Effects on DEW Optical Power/Thermal Performance Travis Michalak, Nathan Butt, Soumya Patnaik, Jeff DesRoches, AFRL/RQQM and Rory Roberts, Mitch Wolff, Wright State University
Modeling High Energy Laser System to Determine Energy Storage on Navy Ships Daniel Michnewich, US Navy and Joe Blau, Bonnie Johnson, Naval Postgraduate School
Experimental Analysis of Atmospheric Optical Turbulence and Laser Beam Scintillation in a Near-Maritime Environment PAPER Miles Oakley Charles Nelson, Cody Brownell, United States Naval Academy and Douglas Nelson, Teknicare, Inc
Modeling and Design Methodology in the Development of Electro-Optical and Laser Weapon Bryan Kelchner, Teknicare Inc.
In-Situ, Field Profiling of Turbulence Conservative Passive Scalars Using 3D Sonic Anemometers Steve Fiorino, Santasri Bose-Pillai, Kevin Keefer, AFIT
Overview of the Navy Atmospheric Vertical Surface Layer Model (NAVSLaM) Version 2.0 Paul Fredrickson, NPS
DE Airspace Deconfliction Tools
High Energy Laser (HEL) Collateral Hazards and Modeling, Simulation & Analysis Tools Dr. Semih Kumru, 711 HPW/RHDO (AFRL)
Potential for World-Wide Lasers to Pose On-Orbit Inadvertent Illumination Hazards Dr. Patrick Shriver, Chris Jones, Metatech Corporation and Isaiah Marquez, Ramona Montoya, AEgis Technologies Group, Inc. and Mark Kilijanski, Ken Keppler, Air Force Research Laboratory
Overview and Status of AFRL SatAC PRA Capability Dr. Patrick Shriver, Chris Jones, Metatech Corporation and Isaiah Marquez, Chad Cogburn, AEgis Technologies Group, Inc. and Mark Kilijanski, Ken Keppler, Air Force Research Laboratory
HEL Weapons: Tactical Employment in the Shared Battlespace - Overview of NATO Task Group SCI-264 LeAnn Brasure, Belcan Corporation
DE Integration Lessons Learned
A Lessons Learned Perspective on a Megawatt Class High Energy Laser Systems Integration Harry Sinsheimer, DE JTO
ATL Lessons for Tactical Airborne HEL Weapons Systems Bryan Kelchner, Teknicare, Inc. and Charles Helms, USAF AFMC
Lessons from a JUONS Program – CCS Bright Bryan Kelchner, Teknicare, Inc. and Charles Helms, USAF AFMC and Richard Carreras, USAF AFRL/RDLT and Robert Ulibarri, USAF AFRL/RDLE
Deployed or Warfighter Tested Weapons
Navy Laser Weapon System: A Historical Perspective Brian Hankla, Chris Behre, Theresa Gennaro, Robert Pawlak, NSWCDD
Operational Availability of LaWS, and the use of Product Support M&S for the NLFoS Colin Farrell, NSWC PHD
Power & Thermal
TEAPPS Task 3 - Transient Thermal Management of Directed Energy Modules Lauren Boteler, Mike Fish, Morris Berman, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
DE Systems Engineering Processes
A Full-Scale Thermal Management System with Integrated Thermal Storage for High Energy Lasers Howard Pearlman, Richard Bonner, Bradley Richard, Joel Crawmer, Rebecca Weigand, Nathaniel Cain, Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc.
Using SBIRs to Develop Transitionable Solutions: HADES, Digital Holography, Membrane Optics, Polarimetry Dan Marker, Wesley Green, AFRL/RDL
HPM System Demo Results
The ONR Short-Pulse Research and Evaluation for sUAS (OSPRES) Program: Overview/Challenges Anthony Caruso, University of Missouri - Kansas City
Outbriefs
T&E Capabilities for DE Systems Edward Trzcienski, AEgis Technologies Group
Wargaming Diana Loree, DE JTO
DE Airspace Deconfliction Tools LeAnn Brasure, Belcan Corporation
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