The next generation of naval surface vessels will feature a weapon system with pinpoint accuracy, deep magazines, lower cost per kill shot ratio, and delivery at the speed of light. This transformational weapon system will provide significant advantages over the conventional systems of today. The Free Electron Laser maintains the greatest potential to become the Navy's first line of shipboard defense and possibly a major component in the National Missile Defense Shield. This is possible because the Free Electron Laser will, in theory, be capable of scaling high power levels to that of the megawatt class, which is considered the threshold for military application. The focus of this thesis is to study the implementation of this directed energy weapon from a systems perspective and to determine if such implementation is plausible within the constraints of a naval platform. The thesis will discuss the components of implementation, such as the electric drive, integrated power system, pointer- tracker system, etc., which are vital to the total ship weapon package.
Systems Approach Towards High Energy Laser Implementation Aboard Navy Ships
2007
63 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Optics & Lasers , Marine Engineering , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Missile Technology , Ammunition, Explosives, & Pyrotechnics , Free electron lasers , Cruise missiles , Antiship missiles , Ship defense systems , Laser components , Destroyers , Interceptors , Threats , Command and control systems , Directed energy weapons , Atmospheric physics , Military applications , Electric power , High energy lasers , Weapon system effectiveness , Integration , Theses , Ips(Integrated power systems) , Aim(Advanced induction motors) , Pmm(Permanent magnetic motors) , Electric drive technology , Deformable mirrors , 3m82 missiles , Moskit missiles , Ss-n-22 missiles , Suburn missiles , Dd1000 class vessels , Atmospheric propagation effects , Weapons pairing