Directed Energy Vessel Stopper
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Directed Energy Vessel Stopper WHAT IS IT? The Directed Energy (DE) Vessel Stopper is a research and development-based operational utility assessment that may provide a DE Intermediate Force Capability (IFC) for the United States Coast Guard (USCG). It is designed to enable a safer, non-destructive and more effective means to subdue non-compliant vessels within a dynamic environment. HOW DOES IT WORK? The DE Vessel Stopper utilizes High Power Microwave/High Power Radio Frequency technology that delivers a non-lethal, non-kinetic, DE means to disrupt electronics in targeted engines. It offers speed of light delivery, a nearly unlimited magazine, and scaled non-lethal DE effects. OPERATIONAL IMPACT - Minimizes the collateral damage and unintended consequences that could detract from operational objectives when stopping a small vessel - Provides warfighters the tools to conduct measured and discriminate operations to compel compliance without alienating the local populace or risking an international incident - Targets engagements in locations where the application of lethal Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy vessels conducting unsafe and unprofessional actions against U.S. military ships in international waters of the North Arabian Gulf (U.S. Navy photo) The DE Vessel Stopper can support the Joint Force's escalation-of-force efforts through its ability to discourage, delay, or prevent hostile actions U.S. Department of Defense Non-Lethal Weapons Program Joint Intermediate Force Capabilities Office 3097 Range Road, Quantico, VA 22134-5100 https://jnlwp.defense.gov [email protected] Updated JUL 2021 INSERT MARITIME (SCS?) SCENARIO/DRUG INTERDICTION- SMUGGLING munitions could be counterproductive to U.S. objectives CURRENT CONFIGURATION The JIFCO and the USCG are working to integrate a DE vessel-stopping prototype on to a Fast Response Cutter for an operational assessment. The manned system was developed to subdue a non-compliant vessel by using high-power microwaves to disrupt its engine’s electrical components, causing it to stall. This DE IFC is a safer, non‐destructive, and more effective means of stopping or temporarily disabling vessels with minimal risk of injury to its occupants. FUTURE EFFORTS - Research, develop, and demonstrate non-lethal DE vessel-stopping subsystems and components that utilize narrow band or broadband High Power Microwave technologies to disrupt critical vessel engine control electronics - Reduce size, weight, and power of DE vessel-stopping technology for future integration onto USCG and Navy platforms
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Directed Energy Vessel StopperWHAT IS IT?The Directed Energy (DE) Vessel Stopper is a research and development-based operational utility assessment that may provide a DE Intermediate Force Capability (IFC) for the United States Coast Guard (USCG). It is designed to enable a safer, non-destructive and more effective means to subdue non-compliant vessels within a dynamic environment.
HOW DOES IT WORK?The DE Vessel Stopper utilizes High Power Microwave/High Power Radio Frequency technology that delivers a non-lethal, non-kinetic, DE means to disrupt electronics in targeted engines. It offers speed of light delivery, a nearly unlimited magazine, and scaled non-lethal DE effects.
OPERATIONAL IMPACT
- Minimizes the collateral damage and unintended consequencesthat could detract from operational objectives when stopping a smallvessel
- Provides warfighters the tools to conduct measured anddiscriminate operations to compel compliance without alienating thelocal populace or risking an international incident
- Targets engagements in locations where the application of lethal
Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy vessels conducting unsafe and unprofessional actions against U.S. military ships in international waters of the North Arabian Gulf (U.S. Navy photo)
The DE Vessel Stopper can support the Joint Force's escalation-of-force efforts through its ability to discourage, delay, or prevent hostile actions
U.S. Department of Defense Non-LethalWeapons Program
Joint Intermediate Force Capabilities Office3097 Range Road, Quantico, VA 22134-5100
https://jnlwp.defense.gov [email protected] Updated JUL 2021
INSERT MARITIME (SCS?)SCENARIO/DRUG INTERDICTION-SMUGGLING
munitions could be counterproductive to U.S. objectives
CURRENT CONFIGURATIONThe JIFCO and the USCG are working to integrate a DE vessel-stopping prototype on to a Fast Response Cutter for an operational assessment. The manned system was developed to subdue a non-compliant vessel by using high-power microwaves to disrupt its engine’s electrical components, causing it to stall. This DE IFC is a safer, non‐destructive, and more effective means of stopping or temporarily disabling vessels with minimal risk of injury to its occupants.
FUTURE EFFORTS- Research, develop, and demonstrate non-lethal DE vessel-stopping subsystems and components thatutilize narrow band or broadband High Power Microwave technologies to disrupt critical vessel enginecontrol electronics
- Reduce size, weight, and power of DE vessel-stopping technology for future integration onto USCG andNavy platforms
