Directed Enery - Laser Enablement
Researching the autonomy, control, and safety layers that make laser-enabled naval systems operational.
The Gap
High-energy lasers are reaching operational maturity — but their effectiveness is no longer limited by physics alone.
It is limited by tracking precision, environmental uncertainty, safety constraints, and system-level integration.
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At sea, vibration, spray, haze, and motion distort beams and confuse sensors. Swarm scenarios overwhelm single-target logic. Safety and legal constraints restrict when and how lasers can be used. And realistic testing is rare, expensive, and risky.
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This creates a growing gap between what laser systems can do in principle and what they can reliably do in real operations.
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Our research focuses on this gap — the layers of autonomy, sensing, validation, and control that determine whether directed-energy systems succeed or fail in practice.
We research the intelligence and control mechanisms that enable laser-based systems to operate precisely, safely, and reliably in complex maritime environments.​
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This includes:
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High-precision tracking and aimpoint logic for fast, small, and evasive targets
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Distributed sensing and swarm coordination for multi-target scenarios
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Safety, deconfliction, and compliance logic for civilian-adjacent and regulated environments
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Physical and digital validation tools, including instrumented target platforms and simulation
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We do not build weapons.
We research and develop the autonomy and control layer around them — the part that turns hardware into operational capability.
