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The Pentagon just released its 2012 "Non-Lethal Weapons For Complex Environments" report in the form of an ebook. According to a program office statement:
The ebook highlights today's DoD non-lethal weapons and capabilities. The eBook features the following: conversion of PDF to page-flipping eBook; text search, share capabilities via email and social media; full-screen shot; thumbnails; sound; zoom in/out and autoflip. The initiative improves the DoD Non-Lethal Weapons Program's efforts in both cost-efficiency and readability.
Inside the Pentagon reported in November that the Defense Department had begun to look to industry to develop directed-energy capabilities and a high-gain antenna system for small tactical vehicles to provide troops with a non-lethal weapon. DOD made the announcement in a series of listings posted on Federal Business Opportunities. ITP further reported:
The first request for information states the Defense Department's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate would like to develop a prime power system "that can achieve the required performance in a compact size" so that it can be integrated onto a small tactical vehicle.
The second RFI states the directorate would like industry to research "compact, lightweight, steerable and high-gain antenna systems" that could stand-alone or be integrated onto a small tactical vehicle.
The third RFI asks industry to develop a "compact, lightweight and efficient high-power microwave and radio frequency source technologies that will enable the development of directed energy non-lethal capabilities."
No specific vehicles have been targeted to incorporate these new technologies, Scott Griffiths, counter-materiel directed-energy officer of primary responsibility at the directorate, wrote in a Nov. 9 email.
There is no formal analysis of alternatives planned. An AOA usually takes about a year to complete.
"The JNLWD will review the responses to the RFI to determine if there are any sources that can provide technologies capable of achieving the desired performance," he wrote. "The JNLWD will assess options for developing technologies of interest, but no predetermined time line has been established."