David C. Stoudt is a senior executive advisor and fellow for directed energy at Booz Allen Hamilton, and is the president of the Directed Energy Professional Society. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Old Dominion University in 1995 and served in the Department of the Navy for 32 years, the last 12 of which he held an executive senior technologist position as the Navy’s first Distinguished Engineer for Directed Energy.
The Emerging Artificial Intelligence Era Faces a Growing Threat from Directed Energy Weapons
Autonomous and AI-enabled systems increasingly rely on optical and radio frequency sensors and significant computer power. They face growing vulnerabilities from directed-energy laser and microwave weapons