Air Armament 2020 Directed Energy Gulf Coast（空气2020定向能量武器海湾沿岸）.pdf

Air Armament 2020 Air Armament 2020 Directed Energy Directed Energy 2007 October 11 ● NDIA Air Armament Symposium Susan Thornton, SES Susan Thornton, SES Director Director Directed Energy Directorate Directed Energy Directorate Focused Long Term Challenges AFRL Investment Strategy 1. Anticipatory Command, Control and Intelligence (C2I) 2. Unprecedented Proactive Surveillance and Reconnaissance (SR) 3. Dominant Difficult Surface Target Engagement/Defeat 4. Persistent and Responsive Precision Engagement 5. Assured Operations in High Threat Environments 6. Dominant Offensive Cyber Engagement 7. On-demand Theater Force Projection, Anywhere 8. Affordable Mission Generation and Sustainment Mission and Vision AFRL/Directed Energy Directorate Core Technology Competencies (CTC) AFRL/Directed Energy Directorate Lasers Advanced Optics Millimeter Waves High Power Microwaves Modeling and Simulation Studies Target Vulnerability Electro-Optical Images Assessments Computer Databases The Near- to Far-Term Reality Directed energy is going to Directed energy is going to have tactical and strategic have tactical and strategic implications that today we’re implications that today we’re probably not even realizing. probably not even realizing. Dr. Mark Lewis Chief Scientist U.S. Air Force