USAF chief scientist wants service to stretch thinking on directed energy

By Briana Reilly / January 4, 2022 at 1:43 PM
The Air Force’s chief scientist wants to see officials leverage directed energy “to further enable and support” the service’s agile combat employment strategy, as she advocates "thinking outside the box” when considering use cases for those technologies. A priority technology and research area for Victoria Coleman, directed energy is a space the former Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency director said could benefit from officials “thinking a little bit beyond the classic use cases.” One of those areas could be using...

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