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Non-Lethal Weapons: An Industry View

Non-Lethal Weapons: An Industry View. Michael W. Booen 4 November 2003. Night. JSOW. Weather. LANTIRN. Denying the Enemy Sanctuary. Integrated Air Defense. Stealth. What is Plan B?. New Warfighter Capability?. What if we had a zero collateral damage, speed

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Non-Lethal Weapons: An Industry View

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  1. Non-Lethal Weapons:An Industry View Michael W. Booen 4 November 2003

  2. Night JSOW Weather LANTIRN Denying the Enemy Sanctuary Integrated Air Defense Stealth

  3. What is Plan B?

  4. New Warfighter Capability? What if we had a zero collateral damage, speed of light capability to use where conventional precision strike munitions can’t be used. What if we could build a non-lethal, speed of Light capability to sort terrorists from non-threats in a post-Iraq type environment. What if we had a lethal, speed of light capability, which increases target per sortie and enhances weapon to target matching.

  5. Lethal and non-lethal options Force Protection Mission Leap Ahead Technologies DEW USS Cole Bomb Damage 10/12/00 - Aden, Yemen

  6. Phaser 1966 – Non-Lethal Weapons Become A Part of the America Lexicon

  7. Radio Gun The Radio Gun – The Silent Weapon of the Future June 1928

  8. Today – Active Denial Technology Millimeter Waves Heat Skin Causing Thermally Induced Intolerable Pain

  9. Effects, Sources, and AntennaAdvances Enable Application Technology Demonstrator Source Illuminated Silhouettes: Narrow Beam Discriminates Targets Antenna Technology Advances Bio-Effects Understanding

  10. Status • Human effects work, field demonstrations, and system tests continuing with containerized technology demonstrator • Development of a ground based Active Denial System approved as an Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) • Design, fabricate, deliver, & test a HMMWV mounted ADS

  11. Active Denial Applications Naval Harbor Defense Marine Force Protection Embassy Defense Air Force Airborne Applications Army/Marines Urban Warfare Force Protection Battle Lab (FPBL)

  12. Additional Near Term Platforms

  13. What is Industry Looking for? • A Few good……champions! • Essential for breaking out new technology • Requires senior, vocal support from uniformed services • Lest we forever are “9 months away….” • Some level of focused R&D • IRAD much easier to justify to industry leadership if the customer is spending HIS scarce resources on technology of interest • If you POM it, they will come • Sends clear message to corporate leadership, congress …and vice versa….

  14. DEW Changes the Game . . . “Victory smiles upon those who anticipate the changes in the character of war, not upon those who wait to adapt themselves after the changes occur.” - Douhet

  15. What will be the first fielded directed energy weapon system?

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