THEME: Rapid Development and Deployment of Directed Energy Technology
OVERVIEW
For 24 years, ITEA and the Directed Energy Professional Society (DEPS) have partnered to bring you outstanding content and over the past several years have focused on the joint theme of how test and evaluation on can support the emerging DoD trend to focus significant energy on Prototyping and Experimentation—and we’re doing it again in May 2026.
Key plenary speakers, panel discussions, and technical sessions will be part of the program to identify challenges, solutions, innovations and a future state; all contributing to moving us closer to creation of an infrastructure and principles, conducive to testing and training in a more operationally realistic environment.
Get all the details – Location, Hotel Accommodations, Registration and Fees, Abstract Submission Process, Deadlines and Release Forms, along with the planning committees information for this joint conference on the DEPS Directed Energy Professional Society WEBSITE
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 2026 DE Test & Evaluation Joint Conference will take place from May 18-21 in Albuquerque, NM, focusing on “T&E Support to Prototyping and Experimentation.” The theme of this conference is Rapid Development and Deployment of Directed Energy Technology. This event will explore the practical impact of test and evaluation (T&E) in supporting prototyping, experimentation, and other developmental activities. This Call for Papers invites submissions for Public Release, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), SECRET, and SECRET/NOFORN papers and presentations on the following topics:
- High Energy Laser (HEL) Sensors and Sources
- High Power Microwave (HPM) Sensors and Sources
- Atmospheric Characterization and Effects
- Department of War (DoW) and Service Experimentation and Prototyping Campaigns and Test Results
- Measurement and Calibration (METCAL)
- Modeling and Simulation Guiding Design from Experimentation to Deployment
- Instrumentation and Target Requirements for Breakthrough Technologies
- Targets and Instrumentation for HEL and HPM Testing and Experimentation
- Testing Considerations for AI/ML Integration in Prototype Systems
- T&E’s Role Across the Kill Chain in Experimentation
- T&E Capabilities for Directed Energy Systems
- Operational Security (OPSEC) Implications on Testing and Experimentation
- Bio-effects
- Manufacturing, Metrology, and Testing for Transition from Prototype to Fielded Systems
- Airborne Laser Systems
Note that all persons wishing to present at the DE T&E Joint Conference will be required to submit an abstract. (See the Directed Energy Professional Society (DEPS) WEBSITE for all the Submission Instructions) Abstracts are due April 10th.
EXHIBIT
ITEA Corporate Members receive a discount!
Question? Contact Jenna Reza [jenna@itea.org] or go directly to the DEPS website to Learn More.
SPONSOR
Your sponsorship helps defer the cost of the Joint Conference and supports the scholarship fund which assists deserving students and schools in their pursuit of academic disciplines related to the test and evaluation profession. Conference sponsorship and related benefits will become effective on receipt of payment.
All Conference Sponsorships provide the following recognition:
- On the ITEA website- Your logo and a hyperlink to your Website posted on Conference event page.
- On signage throughout the Conference and Exhibit Space
- In all conference marketing materials
- In an issue of The ITEA Journal of Test and Evaluation
- Logo in the final Conference Agenda
Sponsorship Levels
Platinum Level Conference Sponsorship – $2,500
Gold Level Conference Sponsorship – $1,000
Contact Jenna Reza [jenna@itea.org] for more information.