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Directed Energy CTF oversees testing of anti-drone weapon > Wright-Patterson AFB > Article Display


By Bradley Hicks, AEDC/PA
/ Published February 16, 2021
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M.
Throughout 2020, the 704th Test Group’s Operating Location AA, part of the Directed Energy Combined Test Force, or DE CTF, focused much of its effort on the testing of weapons designed to prevent adversarial drone observation and assault.
The latest system tested, the High Energy Laser Weapon System 2, also known as HELWS2 or H2, is a counter-Unmanned Aerial System (c-UAS) directed energy weapon (DEW).
H2 was tested as part of a directed energy experiment that began in the spring of 2020 and was managed by the Strategic Development Planning & Experimentation, or SDPE, office. This experiment has involved taking commercial off the shelf systems and deploying them to several Combatant Commands, or COCOMs, for training, testing and evaluation for a one-year period. ....

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Nine US Space Force guardians take oath of office at NM base


By JESSICA ONSUREZ | Alamogordo Daily News, N.M. | Published: February 13, 2021
ALAMOGORDO (Tribune News Service) Nine U.S. Air Force members took an oath of office and joined the U.S. Space Force Friday afternoon at Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo.
Among them were seven service members stationed at Holloman and two service members from Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas.
The U.S. Space Force was established Dec. 20, 2019 with enactment of the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act with a mission to organize, train and equip forces in order to protect U.S. and allied interests in space.
USSF responsibilities will include developing guardians, acquiring military space systems, maturing the military doctrine for space power, and organizing space forces to present to our Combatant Commands, according to the Space Force s website. ....

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OSD, Joint Staff Double Down On DoD-Wide Data Standards


By  
Theresa Hitchens
on February 10, 2021 at 12:16 PM
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WASHINGTON: The Joint Staff and DoD’s Chief Data Office David Spirk have agreed to lead a new process to set data standards for all future military sensors and weapons to connect at machine speed the foundation for success in All Domain Operations, leaders of the J6 say.
“I believe all of us have come to understand for JADC2 to truly function as a joint warfighting capability, we’ve got to have the data foundation. And so, this is a critical first step,” said Army Brig. Gen. Rob Parker, JG deputy director and head of the JADC2 Joint Cross-Functional Team (CFT). The J6 leads the Joint Staff’s work on Command, Control, Communications, & Computers/Cyber. ....

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