Laura DeSimone, executive director of the Missile Defense Agency, said MDA has placed “increased emphasis” on efforts to develop directed energy weapons systems against adversary missiles and has witnessed “that technology maturation
MoreThe Government Accountability Office has recommended that the Department of Defense, particularly the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy, come up with transition agreements between developers of directed energy weapon prototypes
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The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center inaugurated the Directed Energy Systems Integration Lab at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service reported Wednesday. DESIL was
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Heidi Shyu, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, said the Department of Defense has yet to issue the National Defense Science and Technology Strategy but revealed that elements of the upcoming
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The intensifying global power competition is prompting United States government leaders to prioritize rapid technological innovation with more urgency than ever before. Mike Madsen, acting director of the Defense Innovation Unit and previous
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Kelly Hammett, former head of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Directorate, has assumed the role of director of the Space Rapid Capabilities Office at Kirtland Air Force Base in New
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The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory recently held two separate events in New Mexico to advance directed energy and kinetic energy capabilities and space domain awareness. Pilots and officers virtually tested DE
MoreThe White House has issued an updated list of critical and emerging technologies that are important to U.S. national security. The Office of Science and Technology Policy led a deliberative process via
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Heidi Shyu, undersecretary for research and engineering at the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, said her office will spearhead a new science and technology strategy that will serve
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The U.S. Navy has revealed the design concept of the next-generation DDG(X) warship, which the service plans to equip with directed energy weapons and hypersonic missiles, USNI News reported Wednesday. The Navy
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