June 26 - 27, 2023
| Hilton Syon Park, London, UK
Agenda Day 2
8:30 - 8:50
REGISTRATION & COFFEE
9:00 - 9:15
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS
9:15 - 9:45
MAINTAINING MILITARY SUPERIORITY WITH DEW DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT
Lt. Gen. Henry A. "Trey" Obering III -
Executive Vice President, Directed Energy,
Booz Allen Hamilton
· Current development needs and barriers to progress
· Required improvements in materials, power generation, and thermal control to reduce the size, weight and power required to advance these capabilities
· Looking at future laser-based projects, including high-power lasers exceeding 100 kW outputs as well as reduced power lasers for other applications
Lt. Gen. Henry A. "Trey" Obering III
Executive Vice President, Directed EnergyBooz Allen Hamilton
9:45 - 10:15
POTENTIAL NEAR-TERM DIRECTED ENERGY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSES
Mark Gunzinger -
Director for Future Aerospace Concepts and Capabilities Assessments, Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies / Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments,
US Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
· How DES provide solutions to gaps in current conventional capability, both in terms of effect on target and in terms of logistical simplicity
· Why DES are simply the next logical step in EW, and should be thought of as such when determining if and how they should deployed
· Understanding the pathway for global adoption of this technology, including counter-UAS and missile defence capabilities.
Mark Gunzinger
Director for Future Aerospace Concepts and Capabilities Assessments, Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies / Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary AssessmentsUS Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
10:15 - 10:45
LOW-ENERGY VS. HIGH-ENERGY DIRECTED ENERGY SYSTEMS
· The abilities of low and high-energy lasers, and high-powered microwaves
· Assessing the scalable effects of HEL in order to examine the need to develop operational high-energy systems
· Examining the pros and cons of the different directed energy systems to determine their military applications
10:45 - 11:30
MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING
11:30 - 12:00
TRAINING AND INTEGRATION OF DIRECTED ENERGY SYSTEMS FOR C-UAS
Colonel Gary Beard -
TRADOC Capability Manager (TCM), Air Defense Artillery,
US Army
· Keeping C-UAS training capabilities up to date and in line with technological developments in industry
· Integrating a greater appreciation of height and reach into ground forces training for better battlefield awareness
· More attention to interoperability through multi-national training exercises in order to develop shared understanding and mutual cooperation
12:00 - 12:30
INTEGRATION CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF NAVAL ENERGY-BASED WEAPONS AND SENSORS
Andrew Tate MSc CEng FIMarEST -
Senior Principal Marine Systems Engineer,
DSTL
New DES systems drive a need for closer integration between a combat system and a ships own systems, including within power, cooling and Command and control (C2) areas.
· The importance of optimal and flexible integration of DES for the availability and capabilities of new systems, including the provision of secondary benefits to the ship and its systems in the form of ride-through capabilities and improved efficiency
· An overview of the challenges and opportunities that these new and future energy based system offer to the platform designer and integrator
· A review of recent, current and future activities within the UK MOD to develop solutions to these challenges
· Other current interest areas and needs within the UK MOD, including the development of platform digital twins; improving thermal management; and collaborative testing
12:30 - 13:00
ENABLING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LASERS THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Dr Jonathan Price -
Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC),
University of Southampton
· Safety has been an inherent part of laser development since it’s invention
· How high-energy lasers used in a weapon application present a challenging operational issue
· High-energy laser systems typically refer to lasers with several tens to several hundreds of kilowatts of power (or higher). At these power levels, even a very small percentage of absorption will result in a substantial amount of energy being deposited into the tissue and thus damaging the tissue, even if the laser wavelength is one traditionally deemed as eye safe
13:00 - 14:00
NETWORKING LUNCH
14:00 - 14:30
MODELLING, SIMULATION & ANALYSIS – THE CRITICAL FACTOR TO ACHIEVE LASER DEW PLATFORM INTEGRATION MASTERY
Sanjit Matharu -
Modelling, Simulation and Analysis Lead,
BAE Systems
· Key Aims of Modelling, Simulation & Analysis
· End-to-End Performance Model capability
· Exploitation of the End-to-End Performance Model in a Synthetic Environment
· Analyse Suite to aid understanding of output
14:30 - 15:00
UNDERSTANDING THE PHYSICS BEHIND APPLICATIONS OF HIGH ENERGY LASER WEAPONS
· Key parameters for effective coupling of laser energy in the target relevant to military applications
· Counter of Unmanned Aerial Systems: composite materials and the complexity of laser-matter interaction
· Protection of optronical components by optical limiting against laser impact
15:00 - 15:30
NON-LETHAL DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS IN THE CONTEMPORARY TACTICAL-OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
Ofer Fridman, Ph.D. -
Lecturer in War Studies and Director of Operations,
King's Centre for Strategic Communications
· Civilian Mobilisation and Contemporary Tactical-Operational Environment
· Case Studies: Arab Spring, Russian ‘New Generation Warfare’ in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine, and Gaza 2018-2019
· The Role of Non-Lethal Weapons in the Contemporary Tactical-Operational Environment
Ofer Fridman, Ph.D.
Lecturer in War Studies and Director of OperationsKing's Centre for Strategic Communications
