A directed-energy weapon (DEW) is a ranged weapon that damages its target with highly focused energy without a solid projectile, including lasers, microwaves, particle beams, and sound beams. Potential applications of this technology include weapons that target personnel, missiles, vehicles, and optical devices. [1] [2]

May 25, 2023 · Directed energy weapons (DEW) use concentrated electromagnetic energy to combat enemy forces and assets. These weapons include high energy lasers and other high power electromagnetics—such as millimeter wave and high power microwave weapons.

Jan 9, 2020 · In the Star Wars movies, a wide variety of directed energy weapons are depicted, from handheld light sabers to massive, spaceship-mounted laser cannons. What exactly is a directed energy weapon? Are these weapons still science fiction, lab experiments, or are they real? How can they be used and how disruptive can they be?

Sep 17, 2021 · Scientists from Cuba’s Academy of Sciences issued a and ascribing the reported symptoms to psychological effects or a range of ordinary ailments and preexisting conditions. But based on my own...

Mar 2, 2021 · The Defense Health Agency (DHA) is looking for a wearable sensor that will detect radio-frequency (RF) weapons, which project intense beams of electromagnetic energy, including microwaves.

Jan 15, 2019 · A U.S. Army engineer’s idea to turn the standard M4 rifle into an electromagnetic pulse gun recently got the nod from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Mar 15, 2021 · Hypersonic and directed-energy weapons: Who has them, and who’s winning the race in the Asia-Pacific? Defense News has contacted regional government and military officials, businesses, and...

Sep 4, 2021 · As the name suggests, directed-energy weapons (sometimes abbreviated to DEW) are a series of ranged weapons that use highly focussed energy to impact targets, as opposed to firing a solid...

Sep 18, 2023 · Both Lockheed’s High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, or HELIOS, and the in-house Optical Dazzling Interdictor Navy, or ODIN, to tackle small boats and intelligence-gathering systems, have been installed aboard destroyers.

Jun 14, 2024 · Directed energy weapons (DEWs) use focused electromagnetic energy to engage and neutralize enemy threats and assets. These weapons encompass high-energy lasers and high-power electromagnetic systems, including millimeter wave and microwave weapons.