Toward a Future of Directed Energy: Directed Energy Readiness Framework Workshop

Directed energy technologies are advancing rapidly, creating new opportunities for military operations while raising important questions about how readiness should be assessed. High-energy laser and high-power microwave systems depend not only on the maturity of individual technologies, but also on their integration with power, thermal management, sensing, command-and-control, platforms, and operational environments.

To explore these challenges, RAND is convening a workshop that will bring together experts from the directed energy, acquisition, engineering, operational, and technology-transition communities. Participants will examine how readiness is assessed across the development and acquisition lifecycle.

Through structured discussions and applied scenarios, the workshop will explore what evidence is needed to support readiness claims, where existing approaches may leave important gaps, and how readiness assessments can better inform acquisition, resourcing, and technology-transition decisions.

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