DASA is seeking proposals which present ideas to contribute to the first generation of deployed Directed Energy Weapon:
- project values between £50,000 – £200,000 with a maximum of £500,000 for up to 12 months
- TRL 2 – 6
DASA is seeking novel ideas to enhance the performance and/or reduce the size, mass and volume of the following system and sub system areas associated with laser and RF Directed Energy Weapons:
- Laser and RF Source technology:
- Amplifiers
- Magnetrons
- Fibre technology
- Antenna design
- System automation:
- Target recognition
- Aim-point selection
- Target prioritisation
- Engagement management
- Advanced power and cooling technologies that can be ultimately integrated onto military platforms
- Beam control
- Fine pointing and tracking
- Operation in adverse environmental conditions
- Propagation
- Target detection
- Small non-cooperative targets
- Battle Damage indication
- Test and evaluation
- The ability to characterise the effect achieved remotely and on small agile targets in real time.
- Generic diagnostic tools and techniques for characterising the Directed Energy Weapon’s beam.
– Submission closes 25 April 2023
