A Joint UK-US Workshop
This Workshop series was specifically designed for Secret U.S. and U.K. discussions and presentations, under bilateral exchange
agreements between the U.S. and U.K. governments.
[NOTE: Release of this information is authorized to the Department of Defense (DoD), The Ministry of Defence (MOD), and their affiliated contractors in accordance with MIEM UK-AF-16-0001 (RF DEW IEA) and/or MIEM UK-US-19-0001 (Laser Weapon Systems IEA).]
Progress in the development and application of high energy laser and high power RF directed energy weapon
(DEW) technologies for military missions were explored in this workshop. It extended the
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Defence Academy in Shrivenham
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series of bilateral meetings, the most recent of which was the 2019 UK/US DE Workshop.
Participation in the UK/US DE Workshop was limited to American and British citizens with the
proper visit request on file with the appropriate government
offices.
Quick breakdown of what took place:
- Tuesday AM invited plenary speakers
- RF DEW technical sessions
- Laser DEW technical sessions
- Professional development short courses
- Introduction to High Energy Laser Systems
- Introduction to HPM Systems
- Atmospheric Laser Propagation
- HEL Deconfliction
- HEL Modeling
- HEL Lethality Science
- HPM Effects and Data Collection
- Beam Control for Laser Weapon Systems
- Systems Engineering for DE Systems
- Exhibits
- Tuesday evening welcome reception and tours to Oxford and the ORC at Southampton University
If you are interested in receiving a copy of the final Workshop agenda, please email office@deps.org.
Location & Accommodations
The workshop hotel was the Swindon Marriott Hotel,
Pipers Way, Swindon, United Kingdom, telephone: +44-1793-512-121.
Short Courses were held at the hotel Monday and Friday and workshop technical sessions were held at the Defence Academy in Shrivenham.
Security
The UK/US Directed Energy Workshop was held at a Secret level and limited to U.S. and U.K. citizens with the necessary
visit request on file with government offices.
Call for Papers
The Workshop Committee solicited contributions for the technical program.
Selection of contributions for the program were based on the review of abstracts.
Abstracts were solicited in all areas of RF DEW, with special consideration having been given to these topics:
- Weapon Concepts and Military Utility
- System Engineering and Integration
- Components and Technologies
- Electronics Effects Testing and Analysis
- Instrumentation, Testing and Evaluation
- Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis
- Protection Methods and Technologies
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Abstracts were solicited in all areas of Laser DEW, with special consideration having been given to these topics:
- High Energy Laser Technologies
- Beam Control Technologies
- Laser Weapon Concepts and Military Utility
- HEL Systems Engineering and Integration
- HEL Effects and Testing
- Modeling and Simulation
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Abstracts were also solicited for our Joint Sessions (RF and Laser), with special consideration having been given for these topics:
- Overarching Issues and Lessons Learned for US DOTMLPF-P or UK TEPIDOIL (e.g. Safety/Legal/Policy/Doctrine)
- Operational Constraints and Interoperability
- DEW C2 (Command and Control), Tracking, Targeting, and Sensors Commonality
- Intermediate Force Applications
- Counter UAS Applications
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Important Dates for Attendees |
20 May 2022
- Abstracts due
- 3 June 2022
- U.S. Request for International Visit (RFV) forms due
- 10 June 2022
- US Authors notified of acceptance
- 24 June 2022
- ALL RELEASE FORMS DUE
- 30 June 2022
- U.S. papers and presentations requiring FDO approval by Danny Stewart due
- 8 July 2022
- U.S. security clearances due
- U.K. presentations and security clearances due
- 18-22 July 2022
- UK US DE Workshop
- 22 July 2022
- Papers due with release forms
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Abstracts
The abstract submission period is closed.
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