Systems 2025
Directed Energy Systems Symposium
December 15-18, 2025
Monterey, CA
Courses
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
DEPS is pleased to offer Short Courses on Monday, 15 December 2025 in conjunction with the Directed Energy System Symposium. Both half-day and full-day Short Courses will be available. These courses provide up-to-date insights into the development and operational application of Directed Energy (DE) technologies for national defense and civil use and are taught by subject matter experts. Participants will receive Continuous Learning Point (CLP) credits upon successful completion of each short course.
See our short course page to learn more about courses offered by DEPS, or contact EDUCATION PROGRAM COORDINATOR for details.
All Day Courses
Atmospheric Laser Propagation addresses how atmospheric conditions affect directed‑energy weapon performance. It introduces and demonstrates LEEDR for generating atmospheric profiles and HELEEOS for applying those effects through high‑fidelity high‑energy‑laser propagation modeling. MORE
Afternoon Courses
Essential beam-control training spanning optics, controls, and adaptive systems MORE
Explore the core objectives of Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) and what they mean for program managers and lead engineers working in directed energy. This course walks through practical implementation steps—defining modules, standardizing interfaces, and developing test plans to ensure true interoperability. Participants will also review service‑specific reference architectures and recent policy changes shaping MOSA across the Army, Navy, and Air Force. MORE
The Directed Energy Test & Evaluation Capability (DETEC) has developed two software tools to facilitate High Power Microwave (HPM) testing: HPM Test Hazard Prediction (THP) Tool and the HPM Target Surrogate Material (TSM) database. This short course presents an introduction to both. MORE
LIDAR technology is rapidly transforming fields from autonomous navigation to climate research, offering unmatched situational awareness through precise, real‑time sensing. This course introduces the fundamentals behind modern LIDAR systems, exploring how they work, how they’re engineered, and where they’re used. By the end, students will understand key LIDAR types, performance tradeoffs, and how these systems support advanced applications including directed energy. MORE
Learn the "Why, Who, What, How and What's New" of Laser Deconfliction (LD) - the process by which space assets are protected from accidental illumination by lasers with Predictive Avoidance (PA). MORE
Morning Courses
Counter‑Directed Energy Weapons introduces the core concepts behind protecting platforms and systems from high‑energy laser and high‑power microwave threats. The course surveys unclassified technical principles, historical insights, hardening techniques, propagation effects, and operational methods used to mitigate DEW attacks, while outlining emerging research paths that shape the future of counter‑DEW technologies. MORE
Systems Engineering for Directed Energy introduces how disciplined engineering practices help emerging high‑energy laser and high‑power microwave systems bridge the technology gap from research toward fighter‑ready capability. The course highlights core systems engineering principles, DoW guidance, and mission‑driven tools that shape effective HEL/HPM development, integration, and testing across the full lifecycle, showing how thoughtful SE application accelerates fielding and strengthens future force architectures MORE
Wargaming Directed Energy addresses how wargaming can be used to explore the operational value, limitations, and consequences of directed-energy capabilities. It introduces methods for incorporating high-energy lasers and high-power microwave systems into tactical, operational, and campaign-level games, including scenario design, adjudication, and analysis, to examine how DE capabilities and constraints change operational outcomes and how forces fight MORE