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>> The sister site of the Directed Energy Directorate is the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site (AMOS)
MOAR:
Fact Sheet (2 pages shown in attached pics): https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiKifeTwvuAAxUhAjQIHQx0CK0QFnoECC4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kirtland.af.mil%2FPortals%2F52%2Fdocuments%2FAMOSFactsheet.pdf&usg=AOvVaw16CmCe-OBEs8mhlXcNTpmS&opi=89978449
and:
Directed Energy Directorate Overview
"The Directed Energy Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory is the United States Air Force's center of excellence for directed energy technology. …
"The Directorate operates on 4,325 acres of land with over 860,000 square feet of laboratory and office space. In addition to the numerous state-of-the-art research laboratories and testing structures at Kirtland Air Force Base, unique facilities include the Starfire Optical Range (SOR) at Kirtland, a testing site at the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range, and the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site (AMOS) in Hawaii." [MAUI]
Product Lines
"Strategic planning for technology development, demonstration, and transition is focused in four capability areas.
· Space Control: Monitor near and deep-space objects for seamless situational awareness of space activities to ensure freedom of action in space
· Long Range Strike: Extend the range of ground-based and airborne laser weapon and communications systems to provide real-time force support anywhere in the world
· Precision Engagement: Surgically engage tactical targets to deliver controlled effects, from disrupt to destroy, with minimal collateral damage that includes disrupting of infrastructure electronics and communication equipment
· Force Protection: Protect air and ground forces and assets with shields of directed energy to increase survivability and effectiveness
Core Technical Competencies (CTC)
There are four technical competencies at the center of all research and development in the Directorate. In each area, the Directorate has world-class personnel, equipment, and facilities that provide enabling directed energy capabilities for the warfighter.
· High Power Microwaves …
· Lasers enable precision accuracy with long-range strike capabilities at the speed of light. Sub competencies include: Gas and Chemical Lasers, Bulk Solid State Lasers, Fiber Lasers and Semiconductor Lasers
· Beam Control propagates high-quality laser beams through air on target and enables high resolution imaging of objects in space. Subcompetencies include: Atmospheric Propagation, Adaptive Optics, Acquisition, Tracking, Pointing, and Space Situational Awareness
· Effects, Modeling and Simulation simulates and validates technology development to ensure feasibility of desired results. Sub competencies include: Systems, Mission,Directed Energy Effects, and Directed Energy Physics Modeling
The Directorate is organized into divisions by major technology area. …
The High Power Microwave Division: …
The Laser Division: …
The Optics Division: …
The Technology Applications Division: Efforts concentrate on taking the technologies being developed by the other divisions and transitioning that research to front-line units. The Product Line Leads facilitate interactions with the acquisition and warfighter communities to define and set goals for research, development, anddemonstration efforts of directed energy technologyfor the Air Force. The Division also supports concept development, system performance, utility assessment modeling and simulation, plus wargaming efforts to ensure our technology concepts meet warfighter needs. AFRL's award winning Satellite Assessment Center (SatAC) is managed by this Division. SatAC partners with the Kirtland andMaui sitesto maintain an extensive database on satellite materials, configurations, and functionality.'
https://www.kirtland.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/825975/directed-energy-directorate-overview/