DIRECTED ENERGY (RD) DIRECTORATE TECHNOLOGY AREAS
LASER SYSTEMS
Future offensive and defensive laser concepts
Advanced beam control
Gas, solid-state, and fiber laser sources
Laser effects and predictive modeling
Robust and resilient PNT
Wide and narrowband communcations
Agile space capabilities aligned with user equipment
ADVANCED SPACE OPERATIONS
HIGH POWER ELECTROMAGNETICS
Non-lethal counter-electronics technology
Advanced pulsed power components and systems
High power electromagnetic effects/predictive modeling
High power microwave (HPM) sources
MISSILE WARNING & TACTICAL ISR
SMALL SATELLITE PORTFOLIO
Solar physics and wind
Rapid prototyping & proof of concept
Cost-efficient tech experiments
OPTICS/LASERS FOR SPACE OBSERVING
Space Situational Awareness (24/7)
Track/image space objects
Optical Communications
Guide Star Technology
Adaptive optics for atmospheric distortions
Sensor design and deployment
Monitor, forecast, and mitigate
Dominate the EM Ops Environment
Inertial navigation systems
Nuclear Explosion Monitoring
Hypersonic modelling & sim
WEAPONS MODELING
Concept Analysis
Model synergy of directed energy and kinetic weapons
Predictive computer modeling
SPACE VEHICLES (RV) DIRECTORATE TECHNOLOGY AREAS
SATELLITE COMMUNICATION & PNT
Cislunar situational awareness
Cyber protection, hardening
Prompt decision-making
Novel IR focal planes
Resilient sensor tech
Infrared Radiation Effects Lab
SPACE ENVIRONMENT
NUCLEAR DETERRENCE OPS
PERVASIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Power, structures, electronics
Space logistics and maneuver
Size, weight, power and cost
AGILE SOFTWARE OPERATIONS
Software factory, SecDevOps
Unified Data Library market
User interfaces, decision aids