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Pentagon

DoD’s Griffin Eyes Using Directed Energy For Space-Based Missile Defense

By Marc Selinger

Tuesday, April 17th, 2018

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DoD’s Griffin Eyes Using Directed Energy For Space-Based Missile Defense

Michael Griffin, former undersecretary of defense for research and engineering (Photo: Department of Defense)

Pentagon technology chief Michael Griffin said April 17 that he wants to field a megawatt-class, directed energy (DE) device in space by the late 2020s to protect the United States against hostile long-range missiles.And “within a few years,” he wants to have a 100-kilowatt-class laser that can be deployed on an Army Stryker vehicle and a “several-hundred-kilowatt directed energy capability” that can be installed for defensive purposes on an Air Force tanker, Griffin testified before the House Armed Services Committee…

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