Directed Energy Weapon System and Analysis on Effectiveness HPM Weapon

36 Directed Energy Past , Present , and Future Laser Weapon System ( LaWS ) Adjunct to the Close - In Weapon System ( CIWS

Metal Hydride Heat Storage Technology for Directed Energy Weapon Systems

Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) systems in a pulse operation mode dissipate excessively large, transient waste heat because of their inherent inefficiencies. The heat storage system can store such a pulsed heat load not relying on oversized systems and dissipate the stored heat over time after the pulse operation. A compressor-driven metal hydride heat storage system was developed for efficient, c...

A Diagnostic Approach to Weapon System Lifecycle Support: The Phalanx Close-in Weapon System

This study discusses a diagnostic approach to examining the lifecycle support system of a weapon system—specifically illustrating the approaches for the US Navy Phalanx Closein Weapon System (CIWS). The study gauges the status of current readiness and analyzes a snapshot of cost structures. The study identifies the program’s influential cost factors and system performance drivers. As a diagnost...

SWARD: System for weapon allocation research & development

The allocation of firing units to hostile targets is an important process within the air defense domain. Many algorithms have been proposed for solving various weapon allocation problems, but evaluation of the performance of such algorithms is problematic, since it does not exist any standard scenarios on which to test the algorithms. It is to a large extent unknown how weapon allocation algori...

A General Framework and Methodology for Analyzing Weapon Systems Effectiveness

Weapon systems effectiveness depends on many complex, interrelated factors, some of which are tangible, many of which are subjective and not measurable. These factors are often called Measures of Effectiveness (MoEs). However, weapons exist to perform mission-related tasks. As such, they can be characterized by Measures of Performance (MoPs), metrics that are objective and measurable. At the pl...