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Known as the Layered Laser Defense (LLD), the weapon was designed and built by Lockheed Martin to serve as a multi-domain, multi-platform demonstration system. It can counter unmanned aerial systems and fast-attack boats with a high-power laser—and also use its high-resolution telescope to track in-bound air threats, support combat identification and conduct battle damage assessment of engaged targets.

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The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Human and Bioengineered Systems Division's mission is to direct, plan, foster and encourage science and technology in cognitive science, computational neuroscience, bio-mimetic technology, biophysics, social/organizational science, training, science of learning, human factors, and decision making as related to Naval needs.

The Warfighter Protection and Applications Division's mission is to direct, plan, foster and encourage science and technology programs directed at maintaining and enhancing the survival, health, and performance of Navy and Marine Corps personnel.

The Office of Naval Research's Directed Energy Capability Enablers (DE-CE) initiative is designed to fundamentally transform naval operations in contested environments by seamlessly integrating emerging radio-frequency and optical spectrum technologies with conventional, non-directed energy (non-DE) systems across all operational domains, including undersea, surface, land, and air.

The Laser Weapons and Combat System Integration Program is part of the Office of Naval Research's Naval Air Warcraft and Weapons Department.

The Office of Naval Research's high energy lasers and pulsed lasers research concentration area is focused on the development of next-generation laser weapon systems deployable on a variety of naval platforms, that can automatically adjust their power, beam characteristics and engagement strategies based on the specific threat environment and operational objectives.

The Office of Naval Research's Lethality and Operation Analysis research concentration area is focused on creating and validating a multi-layered modeling and simulation (M&S) framework that analyzes Directed Energy (DE) weapon lethality and operational effectiveness.

The Office of Naval Research's High Power Microwaves (HPM) research concentration area present focus areas are twofold. First is to explore technologies, including effects mechanisms, to enable engagement of targets at higher frequencies (X through K bands) and, thus, greater directivity. Second is the reduction of required power on target through the exploration of novel HPM systems that provide rapid on-demand shot-to-shot waveform parameter adjustability.

The Office of Naval Research's Counter Directed Energy Weapons (CDEW) program was initiated in response to the rapid development of high energy lasers (HEL) and high power microwaves (HPM)/high power radio frequency (HPRF) threats being developed by potential foreign adversaries.