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Global Directed Energy Systems Market Report 2023-2028

Global Directed Energy Systems Market Report 2023-2028

Drone Swarms and Hypersonics have become particularly difficult challenges to counter in the military domain. One area which has shown promise in countering these threats is Directed Energy. Several nations world-wide have started investing in Directed Energy making it one of the fastest growing markets in the Full Spectrum Air Defence Domain. With relatively high accuracy and the promise of a “low cost per shot” has made the technology very appealing to forces world-wide. On top of this, DE technology has gone through some democratisation, transforming what was a technology reserved for super-powers to a technology major powers currently have a stake in. This report covers the markets of: France India Israel Japan Turkey UAE UK US

Directed Energy 2023 News Round-Up

Directed Energy 2023 News Round-Up

Since 2019, there has been significant interest in Directed Energy Weapons globally, especially as most nations explore cost-effective ways to deal with the drone swarm threat and hypersonic weapons. As DEW technology proliferated and democratized, more systems are being developed and entering the market from different nations. What was once a technology reserved for superpowers is now on its way to becoming conventional for modern militaries.

Laser Focused Q&A with Mr. Corry Cox

Laser Focused Q&A with Mr. Corry Cox

In this Interview, Corry Cox, Director of Research and Technology at the US Army SMDC Tech Center delves into the state of play of laser programmes in the army. An essential read for Directed Energy professionals. 

Directed Energy Systems: Past, Present, and Future

Directed Energy Systems: Past, Present, and Future

Projected to grow 21.5% CAGR by 2028, the multi-billion-dollar market for directed energy systems is larger than ever. Using electromagnetism in the place of projectiles, directed energy represents a paradigm shift in military capability - and it's here to stay. Learn more about the past, present, and future of this next-generation technology here.

The Joint Forum 2023 Attendee List

The Joint Forum 2023 Attendee List

The Joint Forum is co-located with three events: Directed Energy Systems, Full Spectrum Air Defence, and Military Radar and is Europe’s only international joint forum to cover all elements of air defence. This Attendee List showcases high-level attendees and industry experts that will be in attendance across the forum.

The Directed Energy Systems Conference is the Leading International Forum For The DES Community.


Past Presentation - High Energy Laser Equipment System R&D activities in Japan

Past Presentation - High Energy Laser Equipment System R&D activities in Japan

The “High Energy Laser Equipment System R&D Activities in Japan” presentation was delivered by Fumio WANI, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd in 2019 and will be a returning speaker at the Directed Energy Systems 2023 Conference.

A few topics this presentation explores are:

  • High Energy COIL Beam Propagation Test
  • Overview of Chemical Laser in Major Research Program
  • Configuration of High Energy Laser Unit
  • Laser Power vs. Magnification
  • HEL Proto-type System Sequence
  • Tracking Performance Test
  • Comparison of Measured & Predicted Beam Profiles
  • Trends of SM Fiber Laser Output Power
  • Laser Output Spectrum of 2-3 kW Fiber Lasers
Past Presentation - The Status of High-Energy Laser Intercept Technology in South Korea

Past Presentation - The Status of High-Energy Laser Intercept Technology in South Korea

“The Status of High-Energy Laser Intercept Technology in South Korea” presentation was delivered by Dr. Youngchul Kim, Agency for Defence Development, Republic of Korea n the 2019 Directed Energy System Conference.

This presentation covers:

  • The Status of Laser Technology
  • The Experiments of the Laser for Counter UAS
  • High Energy Laser Laboratory
  • Gap Between Military and R&D
  • How to Neutralize the Emerging Threats to ROK
  • High Energy Laser S&T
  • Laser R&D Priority to Operational Capabilities
  • The future of laser for national defense
Inside the rapidly growing directed energy systems market

Inside the rapidly growing directed energy systems market

A lot is currently happening in the directed energy systems space. Seen as potential game changers in future military activities. Able to engage rapidly and precisely with agile targets at a low cost, they are seen as potential game changers for future military activities, particularly for countering a variety of threats, such as UAVs, adversary artillery or missiles. 

Ahead of this year’s Directed Energy Systems conference, Defence IQ selected key programmes and news from all around the world. In this news digest are included, among others:
  • The US Air Force’s Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation office’s request for information to industry partners to counter UAVs with directed energy
  • The UK’s potential integration of directed energy onto its newly unveiled ‘Tempest’ aircraft
  • South Korea’s plans to build a counter-UAVs laser weapon system

Directed Energy Systems 2017 - Survey Results - Infographic

Directed Energy Systems 2017 - Survey Results - Infographic

The age of directed energy is rapidly – moving forward. No longer are those involved in this field primarily focused on issues of policy and possibility, but instead are fixed on the advancement of the technology into utility – exploring issues of integration, scale and operational application.

DefenceIQ consulted over 300 people involved or interested in the international defence and security arena to find out the prevalent opinions on the DE issues of today.

We made some interesting findings, including the fact that most of these people are concerned that potential adversaries will develop DE systems in the next five years, and that the technological gap creating the biggest obstacle to operational use is the risk of collateral damage.

The Directed Energy Systems conference returns to London; 30 October – 1 November. The theme for DES 2018 is "Transitioning to The Warfighter: Earning a place onto platforms and into operations”.

The Directed Energy Systems conference returns to London; 30 October – 1 November. The theme for DES 2018 is "Transitioning to The Warfighter: Earning a place onto platforms and into operations”.

Past Presentation: Efforts to Reduce Complexity in Future Scalable High Energy Laser Weapons

At last year's Directed Energy Systems conference, Gary Wood, Ph.D., Chief, Electro-Optics and Photonics Division, U.S. Army Research Laborator presented on 'Efforts to Reduce Complexity in Future Scalable High Energy Laser Weapons'

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High energy laser directed energy weapons promise to reduce the logistics burden of weapon systems while offering speed of light engagement, precision and low cost per shot. However, scaling solid state lasers to weapon grade energies has resulted in laser systems that require one or more of the following: beam combining, beam cavity control and/or beam propagation control, all of which complicate the laser system. Complicated systems increase the odds of failure, especially in battlefield conditions where reliability is a matter of life and death.

In this presentation, Gary explores various means to reduce the complexity of laser directed energy weapons, which should also result in the additional benefit of lower size and weight.