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UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE US ARMY RAPID CAPABILITIES AND CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES OFFICE NDIA Space and Missile Defense Working Group Dr. Craig Robin Director Directed Energy Project Office Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office 22 November 2019 We Deliver to Soldiers USE OR DISCLOSURE OF DATA CONTAINED ON THIS PAGE IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TITLE PAGE Rapidly Develop, Acquire, Integrate, and Equip UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC Version: 2_0

UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The World is Dynamic “Great power competition, not terrorism, is now the primary focus of U. S. national security. ” – Secretary of Defense, 2018 SPENDIN G TECHNO LOGY Russia 402% real military expenditure since 1999 (USA: 52%) Lasers STRATE GY Hypersonics China 589% real military expenditure since 1999 (USA: 52%) Next… USE OR DISCLOSURE OF DATA CONTAINED ON THIS PAGE IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TITLE PAGE Rapidly Develop, Acquire, Integrate, and Equip UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 2

UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE RCCTO Mission & Lines of Effort Aligned with Army Modernization Priorities Mission: The RCCTO will rapidly and efficiently research, develop, prototype, test, evaluate, procure, transition, and/or field critical enabling technologies and capabilities that address near-term and mid-term threats. The RCCTO will execute this mission consistent with the Army’s modernization priorities that maximize Soldiers’ capabilities to deploy, fight, and win on future battlefields. Reference: 18 December 2018 Charter Hypersonics Directed Energy Space CESD** ACE* Critical Outcomes Strategic Outcomes ** Computing and Electronic Security Dominance Rapid Acquisition * Advanced Concepts & Experimentation USE OR DISCLOSURE OF DATA CONTAINED ON THIS PAGE IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TITLE PAGE Rapidly Develop, Acquire, Integrate, and Equip UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 3

UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE RCCTO Governance In December 2018 the Secretary of the Army signed a new charter that reestablished the RCO as the Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO). Army Board of Directors HON Ryan D. Mc. Carthy Secretary of the Army GEN James Mc. Conville Chief of Staff of the Army SO PTDO USA HON Mc. Pherson Under Secretary of the Army GEN Joseph M. Martin Vice Chief of Staff of the Army HON Bruce D. Jette ASA(ALT) GEN John M. Murray CG, AFC LTG L. Neil Thurgood Director “The Octagon” Fires Center of Excellence Army Futures Command CG Fires Center of Excellence FA Commandant CFT Doctrine Organization Training Army G-3 Industry Capability DAMO-FA FFRDC / Primes Leadership Materiel Army G-8 RCCTO Personnel Director Facilities PEO M&S Policy * Army Staff and Other Key Stakeholders USE OR DISCLOSURE OF DATA CONTAINED ON THIS PAGE IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TITLE PAGE Rapidly Develop, Acquire, Integrate, and Equip UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 4

UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Overcoming the “Valley of Death” Bo. D Effort Initiation Bo. D Effort Disposition Decision (DP 2) Decision (DP 1) • • • Capability Requirement Fielding Date Cost/Schedule/Performance Terminate or Transition Send Back to S&T Experimental /Prototype Unit w/ Residual Combat Capability S&T Program Executive Office for a Program of Record Industry FMS Other Transition Criteria (PEO) S&T Exit Criteria (Inventions/Technology) • • Assessed Performance Potential Integration Maturity ACQUISITION SME’S TECHNICAL TEAM TRANSITION & FIELDING TEAM PEO • • Level 3 TDP (CAD Drawings/Models) Transition MOA PEO Funding and Programmatics FCOE JCIDS Process CONTRACTING TEAM TEST TEAM EMBEDDED MEMBERS (FROM INDUSTRY, FFRDC, ETC. ) USE OR DISCLOSURE OF DATA CONTAINED ON THIS PAGE IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TITLE PAGE Rapidly Develop, Acquire, Integrate, and Equip UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 5

UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Directed Energy: What We Are Delivering Directed Energy (DE) Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (MSHORAD) • Prototype 50 k. W-class laser on a Stryker fielded at the Platoon level NLT FY 22 Indirect Fire Protection Capability High Energy Lasers (IFPC-HEL) • Prototype 300 k. W-class laser fielded at the Platoon level NLT FY 24 IFPC High Power Microwaves (IFPC-HPM) • Prototype IFPC HPM fielded at the Platoon level NLT FY 24 USE OR DISCLOSURE OF DATA CONTAINED ON THIS PAGE IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TITLE PAGE Rapidly Develop, Acquire, Integrate, and Equip UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 6

UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE High Energy Lasers: Potential Applications High Energy Lasers (HEL) Applications Characteristics • Defeat Rockets, Artillery, and • Low Cost Per Kill Mortars Weapons In-flight • Depth of Magazine • Destroy Threat Unmanned Aerial • Speed of Light Systems (UASs) Engagement • Disrupt / Defeat EO/IR Sensors • Precision Application of Energy • Situational Awareness (ISR) • Graduated Response HEL Weapon Systems Will Provide Unique and Complementary Capabilities USE OR DISCLOSURE OF DATA CONTAINED ON THIS PAGE IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TITLE PAGE Rapidly Develop, Acquire, Integrate, and Equip UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 7

UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE What’s Out There and Where we are Going Boeing/LMA HELMTT 60 k. W Fiber Laser Kratos Defense La. WS 30 k. W Fiber Laser Northrop Grumman JHPSSL 100 k. W Solid State (slab) Laser Rheinmetall Various 10 -50 k. W Fiber Laser Poly Technologies Silent Hunter 50 -70 k. W Fiber Laser Lockheed Martin ALADIN 10 -30 k. W Fiber Laser MBDA Systems Dragonfire 80 -100 k. W Fiber Laser 2013 US HEL Efforts 3 -5 Years DE-MSHORAD IFPC-HEL SNLWS RHEL ODIN SHi. ELD LPLD. . . 2019 USE OR DISCLOSURE OF DATA CONTAINED ON THIS PAGE IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TITLE PAGE Rapidly Develop, Acquire, Integrate, and Equip UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 8

UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE What Changed? Improvements in Efficiency and Beam Quality Industrial Materials Processing Evolving Threats USE OR DISCLOSURE OF DATA CONTAINED ON THIS PAGE IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TITLE PAGE Rapidly Develop, Acquire, Integrate, and Equip UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 9

UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE HEL Weapon Subsystems Subsystem Description High Energy Laser (HEL) Laser source responsible for generating optical power required for lethal effect. Beam Control Subsystem (BCS) Precision optical control system responsible for projecting HEL source on to target. Power and Thermal (P&T) Electrical power generation/storage and heat removal. BCS – Beam Control Subsystem BMC 4 I - Battle Management Command, control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence USE OR DISCLOSURE OF DATA CONTAINED ON THIS PAGE IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TITLE PAGE Rapidly Develop, Acquire, Integrate, and Equip UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 10

UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE High Energy Laser Subsystem Fiber Combined Laser D. J. Richardson, J. Nilsson, and W. A. Clarkson, "High power fiber lasers: current status and future perspectives [Invited], " J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27, B 63 -B 92 (2010) Solid State Laser Picture? Source: Strategies Unlimited/ILS HEL Technology TRL 4+ Demonstrations (FY 1822) Fiber Combined Laser (FCL) Solid State Laser (SSL) 7 -10 1 -2 USE OR DISCLOSURE OF DATA CONTAINED ON THIS PAGE IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TITLE PAGE Rapidly Develop, Acquire, Integrate, and Equip UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 11

UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE RCCTO Bridging the Gap for Directed Energy S&T Community • HEL Weapon System Integration on Warfighting Platform • Automatic aimpoint selection and maintenance • Atmospheric characterization and HEL Lethality Acquisition/User Community • Command Control • Techniques, Tactics, Procedures and Concept of Operations • Supply Chain USE OR DISCLOSURE OF DATA CONTAINED ON THIS PAGE IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TITLE PAGE Rapidly Develop, Acquire, Integrate, and Equip UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 12

UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Questions? o t r e v i l e D We ldiers So USE OR DISCLOSURE OF DATA CONTAINED ON THIS PAGE IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TITLE PAGE Rapidly Develop, Acquire, Integrate, and Equip UNCLASSIFIED | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 13