Digital Day 2


9:00 - 11:50 Webinar Begins / Meeting Setting

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Major General (Ret.) Al Shoffner

Founder, Shoffner & Associates
Former Commanding General, Fires Center of Excellence

12:00 - 12:30 Advancing Leading Edge DE Technologies via the Development of Advanced Concepts and Prototypes

DASD Timothy S. Dare - Deputy Director for Prototyping and Software (DD(P&S)), Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering, Advanced Capabilities

DASD Dare supports USD(R&E)’s mission to develop capability overmatch for our Warfighters by establishing policy and advances leading edge technologies through the development of advanced technology concepts and prototypes. By working closely with interagency partners, academia, industry and governmental labs, he identifies, develops and demonstrates multi-domain technologies and concepts that address high-priority DoD, multi-Service, and Combatant Command warfighting gaps. 

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DASD Timothy S. Dare

Deputy Director for Prototyping and Software (DD(P&S))
Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering, Advanced Capabilities

This session will highlight an overview of the fundamentals of directed energy to provide a refreshed look on this constantly evolving technology.


  • Armed Service fundamental approach to DE: where is additional work required in the near-term
  • Driving innovation for DE technologies
  • Collaborative efforts to spur new capability 
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Dr. David K. Abe

Program Manager, Microsystems Technology Office
DARPA

13:00 - 13:30 Morning Networking Break & Meetings

13:30 - 14:00 Overview of and Guidance Related to Modern DE Intermediate Force Capabilities in Development and/or Fielded through the DoD Non-Lethal Weapons Program to Enable the Joint Force to Successfully Compete across the Competition Continuum

Colonel Wendell B. Leimbach, USMC - Director, Department of Defense Joint Intermediate Force Capabilities Office, Department of Defense Non-Lethal Weapons Program

The Dept. of Defense Joint Intermediate Force Capabilities Office (JIFCO) recognizes that non-lethal directed energy weapons are key to addressing the Joint Force’s needs. The JIFCO, located at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., develops Intermediate Force Capabilities (IFCs) between presence and lethal effects in support of the Joint Force. The office provides programmatic recommendations and facilitates joint non-lethal weapons procurement by ensuring that funding supports the development of highly relevant next-generation IFCs.

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Colonel Wendell B. Leimbach, USMC

Director, Department of Defense Joint Intermediate Force Capabilities Office
Department of Defense Non-Lethal Weapons Program

  • Assessing performance (output power) of new and existing HEL and HPM systems
  • New technologies enabling measurements of extremely high laser and microwave powers
  • Developments to assess accuracy of laser/microwave intensity distribution
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Paul Williams

Leader, High Power Laser Applications
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

14:30 - 15:00 Afternoon Networking Break & Meetings

  • Prevent and reducing DE-related injuries
  • US Army lines of effort to better understand DE threats
  • Major protection lines of effort
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Richard Shoge, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist, Injury Prevention and Reduction Program Manager, Military Oper
US Army Medical Research and Development Command


DE-STAR or Directed Energy System for Targeting of Asteroids and Exploration (DE-STAR) is a proposed system to deflect asteroids, comets, and other near-Earth objects that pose a credible risk of impact. With massive applications across the DoD ecosystem, this program is poised to draw interest due to the ongoing conversations about potentially leveraging DE in space as a means to meet next-gen missile threats.

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Dr. Philip Lubin

Director, Experimental Cosmology Laboratory, Space Research Laboratory, Interste
University of California, Santa Barbara

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Major General (Ret.) Al Shoffner

Founder, Shoffner & Associates
Former Commanding General, Fires Center of Excellence

16:15 - 19:30 Continued Networking Opportunities