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.TODAY'S TOP NEWS
Don't be dazzled by Russia's laser weapons claims
Breaking Defense
Claims by a top Russian official that Moscow has unveiled a powerful new laser weapon prototype to attack drones and satellites being used in Ukraine should be taken with a boulder of salt, experts say.
“As with some many things that comes from the Russians, it’s hard to separate fact from fiction,” said Mark Lewis, head of the National Defense Industrial Agency’s Emerging Technologies Institute and former acting undersecretary of defense for research and engineering.
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.DEPS NEWS
Planning on attending the UK/US DE Workshop? Reserve your hotel room today & don't forget, all RFV forms are due 3 June!
DEPS
Registration is open, the link to the hotel room block has been posted and the workshop committee is full speed ahead for this year’s UK/US DE Workshop, 18 – 22 July in Swindon, UK. Join us for a week full of professional development short courses, invited plenary presentations, technical sessions, exhibits, a welcome reception, and tours to Oxford and the ORC at Southampton University.
If you are planning on joining us, please note, ALL RFV forms are due 3 June, and ALL U.S. papers and presentations requiring FDO approval by Danny Stewart are due 30 June. Specific instructions for completing RFV forms and submission instructions for presentations are available on the DEPS website.
The form for Contractors and Academics is available for download on the DEPS website.
If you are Government or Military, please follow your own security office protocol using the appropriate RFV form.
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.DEPS EVENTS
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July 18-22, 2022 |
UK/US DE Workshop — Swindon, UK
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| November 14-18, 2022 |
DE Systems Symposium, La Jolla, CA
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April 3-6, 2023 |
Annual DE Science & Technology Symposium, San Antonio, TX
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.INDUSTRY HEADLINES
This laser-armed Stryker vehicle can shoot down drones and mortar rounds
Popular Science
In the sun-scorched desert of White Sands Missile Range, a Raytheon-built laser weapon mounted on an armored vehicle shot down multiple mortar rounds over four weeks of testing, the company announced May 16. The testing, part of an Army program to develop new kinds of defenses against flying projectiles and other threats, also involved the laser defeating a range of drones.
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Northrop Grumman develops high-energy laser solutions to defend our nation at sea, on land, and in the air. Our technology is protecting U.S. forces from a range of threats, such as unmanned aerial systems, rockets, artillery and mortars, fast attack boats, and missiles.
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Why laser weapons are the future of missile defense
Asia Times
While the legacy of the Reagan administration’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) may have initially put the U.S. ahead in directed energy-based missile defense capabilities, Israel, Russia and China have started to deploy and accelerate the development of similar systems in response to new missile threats and the mixed success at best of traditional missile defense platforms.
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.JOB OPENINGS
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