Non-Lethal Weapons Program

Photo Courtesy of SGT Franklin Moore, U.S. Central Command

2018 CENTCOM/SOCOM Family Day

Mr. Rick Bartis, Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate Liaison Officer to US Central Command, displays and explains current Non-Lethal Weapons and technology to visitors at the combined Central Command/Special Operations Command Family Day. This annual event presents the public with an opportunity to gain a greater understanding of work done by their military and civilian family members. MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa Florida, June 8, 2018.

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What's New?

Non-Lethal Directed Energy Weapons and the National Defense Strategy

Ms. Susan Levine, JNLWD Deputy Director for Policy and Strategy, briefed the relationship of Non-Lethal DE Weapons to the most recent National Defense Strategy at the 2018 Direced Energy 2 DC Exhibition.

Directed Energy 2 DC Exhibit
19-23 March 2018

The Directed Energy to DC Exhibition (DE2DC) is part of the Directed Energy Outreach Campaign, which has been successfully educating decision makers and warfighters on RF and laser directed energy weapon systems and capabilities since January 2009. The DE2DC Exhibition provides an opportunity for government, industry and academia from across the United States to educate and exhibit mature directed energy hardware at the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill. DEPS is pleased to offer this opportunity for the seventh consecutive year.

NLWP DE2DC Flyer

Advanced Planning Briefs to Industry presented at Modern Day Marine
are now available in the Business Opportunities tab.

In the News

Ohio National Guard builds partnerships at Platinum Wolf 2018

June 11, 2018 - Nearly 45 members of the Ohio National Guard’s 838th Military Police Company arrived in the Republic of Serbia June 10 to participate in exercise Platinum Wolf. The two-week, multinational peacekeeping exercise will bring 10 nations together to enhance military cooperation and interoperability at Serbia’s South Base and Borovac Training Area, June

Marines Forward-Deploy Portable Drone-Killing System

June 4, 2018 - Forward-deployed Marines are using a new system to protect U.S. troops from the threat of cheap and lethal unmanned aerial vehicles, the service told USNI News last week. The Marine Corps’ Ground-Based Air Defense (GBAD) Counter-UAS system was developed over the last two years to detect, identify, track and defeat small unmanned aircraft are that

GA-EMS to Develop High Energy Density Capacitors for US Navy's HPM Systems

June 4, 2018 - The US Navy has awarded a new contract to General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) for the development of advanced, high energy density capacitors. The deal has been awarded by the navy through the Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium (DOTC) and the capacitors will be used in high-power microwave (HPM) weapon systems. GA-EMS will use

Service-Related Non-Lethal Weapons Information

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Non-Lethal Weapons Training	Non-Lethal Weapons Education	Unified Combatant Commands
Non-Lethal Capabilities and Requirements	Non-Lethal Human Effects	NATO Engagement

Why Non-Lethal Weapons?

Non-lethal weapons can provide operating forces with escalation-of-force options that can
minimize casualties and collateral damage.

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