From a book called, "Under an Ionized Sky," there is this footnote:

 

"97. …The sister site of theDirected Energy Directorateis theAir Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site (AMOS)at the crest of the dormant volcano Haleakala. The Maui Space Surveillance System (MSSS) includes and Image Forming Processing Center and Supercomputing facility and combines satellite tracking andlaser projection.

 

Three publications from Maui High Performance Computing Center, Phone: (808) 879-5077, an Air Force Research Laboratory Center Managed by the University of Hawaii, on top of the dormant Haleakala volcano in MAUI are found here:

 

http://www.mhpcc.hpc.mil/research/index.html

 

Excerpts from one of them, Spring of 2010, are attached in screenshots. One deals with laser weapons.

 

https://www.mhpcc.hpc.mil/research/HPCinsights/July2010.pdf (Spring)

 

The other 2 publications from 2009 are found here:

 

https://www.mhpcc.hpc.mil/research/HPCinsights/July2009.pdf, and

 

https://www.mhpcc.hpc.mil/research/HPCinsights/Dec2009.pdf

 

From the latter (p.15):

 

"Since its inception in 1993, the MHPCC mission has

grown to provide substantial support to the research,

science, and warfighter communities (32,000,000 CPU

hours in Fiscal Year 2008) in addition to support for the

Air Force Research LaboratoryDirected Energy Directorate

Maui Space Surveillance System."

 

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From an AF research website:

 

"High Power Electromagnetics

 

"High Power Microwaves offer the warfighter innovative technologies that enable a variety of low collateral damage military applications that will allow the warfighter to achieve counter electronic effects, counter improvised explosive devices and counter weapons of mass destruction.

 

''In the not-too-distant future, focused beams of microwave energy will be used defensively to protect planes and ships against incoming missiles, and offensively to attack militarily important electronic targets. These beams will emanate from sophisticated compact devices that convert a modest quantity of stored electrical energy into high-power bursts that have the capacity to penetrate structures and disrupt delicate electronic devices that reside within. This vision of modern directed energy warfare is enabled by revolutionary HPEM advances made in the recent past and by additional anticipated advances."

 

https://afresearchlab.com/technology/directed-energy/high-power-electromagnetics/

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ABOUT THE AMOS SITE (in MAUI)

 

'The AMOS site consists of two facilities that conduct SDA operations and research and development (R&D). The first facility is the Maui Space Surveillance System (MSSS) and the second is the Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC).

 

"Research thrusts at the AMOS site include satellite detection and identification, atmospheric compensation and resolved imaging, astrodynamics and orbital metrics, sensor development,laser propagationthrough the Earth’s atmosphere, database cataloging of satellite images, and high-performance computer modeling and simulation. In addition to its use as an R&D facility, AMOS has been called upon to help identify and/or track spacecraft payloads and communication satellites."

 

https://afresearchlab.com/technology/air-force-maui-optical-and-supercomputing-amos-site/

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Air Force Research Laboratory Public AffairsPublished May 30, 2023

 

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratorycompleteda successful flight-test campaign for anew beam director conceptthat can be usedwith directed energy laser systems integrated onto aircraft.

 

https://afresearchlab.com/news/afrl-completes-flight-tests-for-directed-energy-laser-system-beam-director/