The
Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Directorate develops
high-energy lasers, high-power microwaves, and other directed energy
technologies for the United States Air
Force and the Department
of Defense
. The Directorate is also involved with advanced optics and imaging
technologies to improve the nation’s ability to precisely project these
directed energies at the speed of light anywhere, at any time and with
graduated intensity.
A key organization on Kirtland
Air Force Base
, New Mexico, the Directed Energy Directorate has more than 800 people
(including in-house contractors) and operates with an annual budget of more
than $300 million.
The Directed Energy Directorate is one of 10 similarly-sized subordinate units
that comprise Air Force Research Laboratory, the Department of Defense’s
largest laboratory, headquartered at
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
, Ohio. With approximately 6,000 military and civilian employees at nine bases
throughout the United States, Air Force Research Laboratory is responsible for
research and technology development in support of the Air Force's future and
existing aerospace and space weapons systems.
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