DIRECTED ENERGY PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY Directed Energy Systems Symposium 18-21 November 2024 Monterey, CA       Overview Symposium Contacts Preliminary Agenda Short Courses Attendee Info Location & Hotel Local Weather Registration & Fees Companions Security DE&I Presenter Info Call for Papers Submit an Abstract Submissions Release Forms Exhibitor Info Exhibit Hosting Opportunities Hospitality Suites   Call for Papers Contributions are being solicited for papers, presentations, and posters that support a system level view of Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) at CUI Limited Distribution C/D levels as well as Secret/REL GBR and Secret/NOFORN. Papers and presentations that provide a mission level perspective of DEW, helping to provide context to the warfighters, are sought as well. Papers, presentations, and posters from a DEW sub-system, or technology perspective which are focused on transition to operational capability will also be considered. Please note that we are encouraging UK participation at this event. In accordance with the Information Exchange Agreements (IEA) between the United States and the United Kingdom governments (MIEM UK-AF-16-0001 [RF DEW IEA] and/or MIEM UK-US-19-0001 [Laser Weapon Systems IEA]), employees from the United Kingdom government and their affiliated contractors are welcome to participate in those CUI and classified sessions that have been given approval by the presenter's local Foreign Disclosure Officers (FDOs) and Technical Program Officers (TOPs). We ask that all U.S. presenters whose CUI/Classified materials fall under these agreements submit their presentations to their FDOs and UK IEA TPOs in a timely manner and seek approval to release to the UK, and to let DEPS staff know when/if their presentation has been approved before the event. See further details below. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: Laser Weapon Systems (LWS) Programs and Systems The LWS Programs and Systems sessions will focus on ongoing and upcoming LWS Program and System status. Papers are being sought that: Provide details on LWS Programs status and plans to include upcoming test and experimentation. Describe platform and subsystem integration progress, issues, and risk reduction Discuss recent system-level testing and results Provide details for land, air and sea-based LWS deployment status Include lower power 1-10kW to higher power 100kW+ systems Discuss both conventional but also new and future LWS missions and applications Provide overviews on LWS Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) development and capabilities Highlights on relevant DE weapon system demonstrations with emphasis on system performance, Concept of Operations (CONOPS), and integration with Command and Control (C2) networks. High Power Microwave (HPM) Programs and Systems The HPM Programs and Systems sessions will focus on HPM Program and System status. Papers are being sought that: Provide details on HPM Programs status and plans to include upcoming test and experimentation Describe platform and subsystem integration progress, issues, and risk reduction. Provide details for land, air and sea-based HPM deployment status Provide overviews on HPM Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) development and capabilities Highlights on relevant DE weapon system demonstrations with emphasis on system performance, Concept of Operations (CONOPS), and integration with Command and Control (C2) networks. LWS Lethality/Vulnerability and Effects The Laser Weapon System Lethality sessions will assemble scientists and engineers interested in LWS lethality. The objectives of these sessions will be to: 1) address lethality requirements for LWS on the battlefield, 2) present results from testing and modeling & analysis of complex targets, 3) use the forum to inform the LWS community and LWS implementers of recent lethality work, 4) discuss missions of interest from a lethality viewpoint, and 5) cultivate synergism between the LWS Lethality communities to effectively transition LWS into the hands of the warfighter. Papers are solicited for the LWS Lethality sessions as described below: LWS lethality studies conducted by program offices and other research organizations working in the area of systems engineering and target system response will be featured. This includes engagement level analysis and system data supporting the development of LWS lethality criteria for targets of interest. Work sponsored by program offices and other organizations conducting experimental as well as theoretical research will be presented. This includes basic optical, mechanical and thermal investigation on materials, components, and systems. Continuous Wave (CW) and pulsed laser effects will be covered. HPM Effects The HPM Effects session seeks presentations describing Empirical characterization of targets for current and next generation HPM systems Development of predictive models for targets of current and next generation HPM systems Analysis of waveforms for emerging HPM systems Methods for field characterization of HPM systems (range setups, field sensors, bore sighting) DEW System Modeling and Wargaming Laser Weapon Systems and High Power Microwave Directed Energy technologies are becoming game changers with the potential to create a revolution in air, land, sea, and space-based military affairs. Wargaming, Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (WM&SA) of DEW at the mission and campaign levels must be employed to inform novel Concepts of Operations (CONOPS), Concepts of Employment (CONEMPs), Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs), weaponeering, and Command and Control (C2) capabilities. This session will focus on systems and systems-of-systems efforts using constructive modeling, virtual simulation with humans in- and on-the-loop, and live wargaming activities supporting the transition of DEW to the warfighter. CDEW Technologies The CDEW Technologies session will include classified and CUI sessions focused on identifying, assessing, and countering threats posed by LWS and HPM on and off the battlefield. This track presents a singular opportunity at the Symposium for defense industry representatives, military officers and operators, information analysts, academia, and government officials to enter into collaborative discussions. Conference paper submissions for the C-DEW track may address research, development, testing, or evaluation of various forms of countermeasures to threats posed by Directed Energy Weapons. Papers are being sought that address: Shielding, absorptive, and reflective techniques, including narrow and/or broadband highly reflective materials, metamaterials, structures, or coatings Methods and procedures for assessing or thresholding hardening technologies and countermeasures to DEW, including standards (non-destructive or destructive) measurement of coatings, structures, and materials Personnel protection from DEW effects (Open or Classified) including eye protection, low power lasers (e.g. pointers) against personnel, sensory overload (auditory or nervous system), and laser safety (covering environment/health/safety (EHS) factors) Mitigating the effects of high power LWS or HPM on targeting functionality and systems Electronics hardening (devices, components, or subsystems) Detection, identification, assessment, and geolocation of DEW threats and weapons (Open or Classified, Foreign and Domestic) C-DEW system or subsystem concepts, modifications, and technical solutions Tactical evasion (flight path, sensing) Software compensation, error sensing, or error correction DE Bio-effects The directed energy bioeffects session for this year’s Systems Symposium will focus on the development of personnel risk assessment data and approaches for directed energy weapon employment. The session will address topics which are enabling the deployment of systems, with a clear understanding of collateral hazards, how risks are communicated, and answering policy-related questions. The scope of the session includes the following topics: Parameterization of directed energy bioeffects through experimentation to inform probability of injury or other effect to enable analysis Approaches for quantifying risk to personnel in a context familiar to the operational community Mapping bioeffect outcomes to mission impact, and how directed energy bioeffects may map into a vulnerability assessment process, including model-based systems engineering for failure analysis Modeling, simulation, and analysis tools (physics-level through mission-level) available for the quantification of risk and collateral effects Radiometric models which provide predictive dosimetry to personnel exposed The transition from deterministic occupational exposure standards to probabilistic risk assessments Laboratory and range data summaries which provide verification and validation of modeling and simulation tools Navigating the approval processes for test and for employment Unclassified papers and presentations are sought at Distribution A, C and D levels. DEW System Manufacturability, Readiness and Sustainment As prototypical DEW systems move into the hands of the warfighter out in the real world, reliability issues arise. In order to have a successful Program of Record in the future the Industrial Base needs the ability to manufacture at scale while maintaining readiness and sustainment metrics. The objective of these sessions will be to explore: 1) realized reliability issues and appropriate mitigations, 2) Industrial Base efforts to enable production at scale, 3) the readiness drivers for DEW systems, and 4) sustainment activities both in the field and at depot facilities. Contributions consistent with these purposes are solicited, especially in the topic areas listed below. Minimize logistics train for consumable materials Efforts to maximize open architecture implementation Defining line replaceable units (LRUs) Efforts to maximize field repairs System degradation considerations during transportation and storage Component reliability studies Laser Technology for Space Applications Contributions are being sought in support of the new Laser Technology for Space Applications focus area, the purpose of which is as follows. Introducing the Space Mission to the laser community for awareness and education. Reveal how laser technology is currently being used for Space applications. Cross-germinating air, maritime, and ground missions with the Space mission could reveal synergistic laser technology solutions. Many laser systems are being tested in the field. The military laser testing community follows DoDI 3100.11 (Management of Laser Illumination of Objects in Space). Understanding the importance of the policy, and when, and how the policy is enforced is of great value to the laser testing community. DE Non-Lethal Weapons Non-Lethal Weapons provide active means below lethal effects that temporarily impair, disrupt, delay, or neutralize targets across all domains and all phases of competition and conflict. This session is interested in DE technologies that provide non-lethal defense across the entire detect-to-engage continuum. Papers are solicited in the following topic areas: DE NLW program review and status update DE NLW for access control and area denial DE NLW for clear-a-space without entry DE non-lethal and lightweight payload design Innovative DE NLW delivery method Novel DE NLW system and platform integration Distributed and cooperative DE NLW system to enhance the effectiveness. Navigation deterrence and counter mobility Disruptive Gray-Zone technology concepts DE enhanced underwater NLW technology Integration of sound, light, biological and psychological effects Integration of DE-NLW into unmanned and/or autonomous systems Submission Instructions All persons wishing to present at the Directed Energy Systems Symposium are required to submit an abstract via the online abstract submission form below. Important dates for presenters are listed in the table below. *We are encouraging UK participation at this event. Please plan your presentations accordingly and obtain FDO/TPO approval as necessary. See further details below. General information on the submission of abstracts, presentations, papers and release forms is provided here. Presentations and papers will be considered for acceptance at CUI C/D and Secret levels. *Note: It is the responsibility of the lead author to obtain all approvals and releases for submitted abstracts, presentations, and papers. All submitted materials including unclassified presentations must be appropriately marked for security classification as well as identification of any distribution restrictions. Additionally, please identify the presenter (if different from the lead author) and up-to-date contact information. Abstracts    Papers & Presentations    Posters    Release Forms    Security Markings    FDO Approvals    Important Dates for Presenters   30 August Abstracts due   13 September Authors notified of acceptance   21 October ALL presentations and release forms due   18-21 November DE Systems Symposium     30 November Papers due with release forms Submitting Abstracts The abstract deadline has passed. Late abstracts or oral presentation will only be accepted if previously arranged with the topic area or Symposium chair. Other post-deadline abstracts, if accepted, will be assigned to the poster session only. Additional questions about abstracts may be directed to Cristina Crowson at cristina@deps.org. Authors will be notified on or before 13 September of acceptance of their paper for presentation and/or publication. Please contact webmaster@deps.org with any technical issues regarding abstract submission. Subject matter questions regarding abstracts should be directed to a member of the symposium technical committee. Note: While an automated email is sent confirming receipt of your abstract, some military domains may block delivery of such an email. If you do not receive email confirmation, you may check this online listing of submitted abstracts which may provide insight into the technical program. This listing is dynamically generated based on abstracts received at the time the page is displayed and author permissions (granted when submitted). If the title of your abstract, or the assigned Abstract ID, is contained in this listing, it has been received by DEPS. Submitting Presentations and Papers * We are encouraging UK participation at this year's Systems Symposium. We ask that all U.S. DoD presenters whose CUI/Classified materials fall under the Information Exchange Agreements (IEAs) between the US and UK governments (UK-AF-16-0001 (RF DEW) and/or UK-US-19-0001 (Laser Weapon Systems)) submit their presentations to their FDOs and UK IEA TPO in a timely manner and seek approval to release to the UK; and let DEPS staff know, in advance, when/if your presentation has been approved before the event. See further instructions below. In order to assemble the presentations for the symposium in a timely manner, authors are required to submit the sponsoring Program Office approved versions of presentations no later than 21 October. Authors are encouraged to submit papers as well as presentations, and if doing so, papers are due by 30 November. Note that all submitted materials, including unclassified presentations, must be appropriately marked for security classification as well as identification of any distribution restrictions. See Security Markings below. Unclassified Submissions For organizational purposes, please label your presentation file name using your LAST NAME and your ASSIGNED ABSTRACT NUMBER. For example: Smith_24-Systems-XXX. Unclassified, public release (Distribution A) presentations and papers that are less than 5MB in size must be sent electronically to Carolyn Bowman at graphic@deps.org. CUI Distribution C and D presentations and papers (or those over 5MB): Users with .mil email addresses and CACs holders should use DoD SAFE https://safe.apps.mil/ and drop off files for Carolyn at graphic@deps.org. If you do not have access to DoD SAFE, please request a drop-off link from Carolyn at graphic@deps.org. Please DO NOT password protect your presentations or papers. Unclassified / CUI presentations must be received by 21 October 2024; papers by 30 November 2024. *NOTE: No presentations will be accepted for upload onsite. Any updates made to presentations after the submission deadline of 21 October must be submitted digitally to Carolyn at graphic@deps.org or otherwise arranged. Classified Submissions For organizational purposes, please label your presentation file name using your LAST NAME and your ASSIGNED ABSTRACT NUMBER. For example: Smith_24-Systems-XXX. Classified presentations can either be dropped into an IntelDocs folder we've setup or mailed via US Postal Service registered mail or via FedEx to the address / contact below. All submissions must be identified as being for the DEPS Systems Symposium, with dates 18-21 November noted. If you plan to drop your classified presentation into the IntelDocs folder, please follow these instructions. 1. Email Chris Berhe (Symposium Chair) on SIPR at Christopher.Behre@navy.smil.mil. Chris's "Out of Office" reply will give full instructions. 2. Name your file as specified above (e.g., "Lastname_24-Systems-xxx" where xxx is your assigned abstract number), and DO NOT password protect the file. 3. Follow the link given in Chris's "Out of Office" email reply. If you have not registered yet, you will need to do so. 4. Look for your session (there is a folder for each classified session) to drop your presentation.   If you plan to mail your presentation, please follow instructions below: Outer envelope: Naval Postgraduate School Attention: Document Control, Code 00M 1411 Cunningham Rd, Room B13 Monterey, CA 93943-5015 Inner Envelope Naval Postgraduate School Attention: Sonia Hayes, Code 00M 1411 Cunningham Rd, Room B13 Monterey, CA 93943-5015 When sending Fed-X, please mail at least 7 days prior to the due date to ensure on time delivery. When sending via USPS, please mail at least 14 days prior to due date to ensure on-time delivery. All Classified presentations must be received by 21 October; papers by 30 November. Please be sure and mail classified submissions in sufficient time to ensure delivery by the advertised due date. Posters Some abstracts have been assigned to the poster session scheduled for Tuesday evening during the exhibitor reception. In addition, those making oral presentations may opt to also make a poster presentations. Please contact the chairperson of your assigned session as they are populating the poster session now. Each poster will be allotted 3 ft. by 6 ft. of usable space, and push pins will be provided. DEPS does not have the ability to print posters onsite, so please plan accordingly. Either traditional posters or printed slides will be accepted. A large single-poster style template, originally created by the AFRL, is provided to presenters here in PDF format, with the PowerPoint file available for download here. (Note: if, rather than automatically initiating a download, the link attempts to display in your browser, use your mouse to right-click on the link and select "Save Link As" to download the pptx file to your computer.) Important note: Posters require release forms (see below) and must be assigned the appropriate authorized Distribution Statement as well as with the pertinent security markings in order to be posted. Posters do not need to be submitted ahead of time. Bring them with you onsite. If you wish to publish the poster in the proceedings, please submit a digital version to Carolyn by the end of the event. Release Forms Release forms are required for all papers and presentations (oral or poster) submitted to the 2024 DE Systems Symposium. These PDF release forms can be completed electronically, then printed for signature and submission. It is the responsibility of the lead author to obtain all approvals and releases for submitted presentations and papers. The DEPS release form process has been updated. Please choose the appropriate form based on who funded the work you are presenting and read the form carefully. Note that poster papers are considered presentations and the presentation release form should be used in those cases. Presentation Releases Form A DoD funded, CUI or Secret work that is releasable to GBR Form B DoD funded work that is either OPEN, or is CUI or Secret but not cleared for UK participation Form C Non-DoD funded work such as Industry, Academia, etc Paper Releases Paper release forms will be posted here soon; please check back. Release forms, as well as questions, should be submitted to release@deps.org. Security Markings Classified materials must be marked In Accordance With DoD 5200.1-R, Sections 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4, and Executive Orders 12958 and 13526 "Classified National Security Information." All classified presentations must include the classified by or derived from information, as well as the "declassify on" .date. CUI materials must be marked in accordance with DoD Instruction 5200.48, "Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)," issued in March 2020. This marking guide can be used as an example. Distribution Distribution statements of technical documents must be identified in accordance with DoD Directive 5230.24, dated 23 AUG 2012, Enclosure 4 (page 14). Only presentations and papers with distribution statements A, C, and D are allowed to facilitate publication of the technical data in the proceedings. A NOTE ON UK PARTICIPATION: In accordance with the Information Exchange Agreements between the United States and the United Kingdom governments [MIEM UK-AF-16-0001 (RF DEW IEA) and/or MIEM UK-US-19-0001 (Laser Weapon Systems IEA)], employees from the United Kingdom government, and their affiliated contractors, are welcome to participate in CUI and/or Classified sessions that have been given approval by the presenter's local FDOs and appropriate UK IEA TPO. The conference/symposium may have significant UK participation. Presenters are encouraged to make their presentations releasable to UK participants. This will not be appropriate for all papers, but if appropriate, apply for release to the UK. U.S. presenters whose CUI or Classified materials fall under these agreements, must submit their presentations to be approved by both their supervisor and their sponsoring office’s FDO (Controlling Office and Certifier), and have communication with the TPO for final approval. TPO approval is in addition to FDO approval. Contractors and Academia will need their sponsors (Controlling Office) approval. Submitting presentations must be accomplished in a timely manner (at least two weeks prior to the above listed deadlines). Presenters must inform DEPS staff when/if their presentation has been approved, at least 3 weeks before the start of event. Industry Internal Research And Development (IRAD) projects require additional export control and ITAR review and will require advanced planning for UK participation separate from the IEA, therefore IRAD work will not be released to UK for this symposium. Authors are NOT permitted to certify their own forms. Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES may a contractor or Federal Funded Research & Development Center (FFRDC) act as the Certifying Official for U.S. Government information. If the project is co-funded (partially funded by corporate entity/FFRDC/academia, etc. and partially funded by a government agency), both parties must provide certifier signatures. Controlling Office - The controlling office is the sponsoring organization or agency for which the work was performed. If government funds or information were used to create the material, the controlling office must be a U.S. Government agency. If government funds or information were not used to create the material, and the research was done under an organization’s IR&D, the organization (corporate entity, FFRDC, academia/non-profit) would be the controlling office for the information. If the work was co-funded (partially funded by corporate entity, FFRDC, academia/non-profit and partially funded by a government agency), both parties should be listed as controlling offices. Certifier Signature – Certifier must be an official from the organization/controlling office under which the work was performed. If the work was government-sponsored, the certifier must be a U.S. Government official (e.g., government program manager or project officer). If the work was IR&D funded/corporate-sponsored, the certifier should be the project Program Manager, Facility Security Officer (FSO), Vice President (VP), or similar corporate official, and complete contact information must be provided. If the project is co-funded (partially funded by corporate entity, FFRDC, academia/non-profit, and partially funded by a government agency), both parties must provide certifier signatures. Copyright © Directed Energy Professional Society   DHTML/JavaScript Menus by OpenCube   DEPS Policies and Terms of Use Last updated: 16 October 2024