Defense at
the edge of physics.

Segal Defense

Segal Defense advances high-energy lasers, pulsed electromagnetic systems, field-based protection research, and human-supervised mission technology.

Open the Division Discuss Research

Direct energy. Shape protection. Extend perception. Keep people in command.

Direct the light.

Solstice

A high-energy laser weapons research program for future defensive systems.

Solstice places high-energy laser weapons at the center of the Segal Defense research portfolio. The ambition is a coherent platform: optical hardware, electrical support, thermal management, sensing, and a human-controlled operating environment developed as one system.

Directed-energy platform
A common research frame for the optical instrument and its supporting systems.
Evidence-led development
Environmental assessment and independent evaluation guide the development case.
Human authority
Operator responsibility, authorization, and system state remain explicit.

Explore the electromagnetic frontier.

Voltaic

Pulsed electromagnetic and high-power microwave research for advanced defensive systems.

Voltaic explores pulsed electromagnetic technology, including high-power microwave systems, as a distinct branch of directed energy. Its public brief addresses the system around the instrument: electrical infrastructure, enclosure, compatibility with surrounding equipment, and accountable operation.

Electromagnetic research
A separate development track from optical laser systems.
System compatibility
The instrument, surrounding electronics, and installation are considered together.
Controlled evaluation
Documented observations define the evidence available for the next development decision.

Ask more of protection.

Fieldwall

Field-based protection research spanning electromagnetic shielding and adaptive protective materials.

Fieldwall gives the force-field ambition a disciplined research brief. The starting points are electromagnetic shielding, field interaction with materials, and protective structures whose properties can be studied and measured. Longer-term field-based protection remains an open research question.

Electromagnetic shielding
Protection of equipment and its electromagnetic environment is a defined research topic.
Adaptive materials
Material response and protective function are studied against explicit evaluation objectives.
Open scientific questions
Longer-term field-mediated protection is treated as research, with claims limited to evidence.

See beyond the familiar.

Parallax

A photonic and quantum-sensing research direction for the next generation of defensive awareness.

Parallax looks beyond conventional sensing by bringing photonics, emerging quantum measurement, and multi-sensor interpretation into the same research conversation. The program’s focus is better knowledge of an environment, together with a clear account of uncertainty.

Photonic instruments
Optical measurement and the supporting instrument are evaluated as a complete system.
Quantum measurement
Emerging methods are investigated through repeatable, evidence-led research.
Confidence and uncertainty
The quality and limitations of an observation stay visible to the person interpreting it.

Keep people in command.

Citadel

A human-supervised mission-systems research program connecting sensing, system state, and accountable decisions.

Citadel is the information and oversight layer of the frontier portfolio. Its research brief connects observations, equipment health, permissions, and decision records in a workspace designed around human authority. The emphasis is on understanding and accountability rather than automatic escalation.

Shared understanding
Observations, system health, and uncertainty are presented together.
Human supervision
Permissions and decision records preserve explicit responsibility.
Review and recovery
Simulation, interface evaluation, and degraded-state review inform development.

Energy. Protection. Perception.

Frontier research in directed energy, advanced protection, and supervised mission systems, supported by a wider engineering portfolio.

Energy & protection

Sensing & mission systems

Mission enablers

Mission set

Five research frontiers. One engineering conversation.

Solstice
High-energy lasers
Voltaic
Electromagnetic systems
Fieldwall
Protection research
Parallax
Advanced sensing
Citadel
Human supervision

Directed energy, advanced protection, sensing, and human supervision form parallel research tracks. The diagram describes the portfolio, without implying performance or fielded status.

Directed energy

Solstice investigates high-energy laser weapons. Voltaic explores pulsed electromagnetic and high-power microwave systems within an evidence-led research portfolio.

Advanced protection

Fieldwall gives force-field research a defined scientific brief: electromagnetic shielding, adaptive materials, and measurable protective functions.

Sensing and human authority

Parallax investigates photonic and quantum measurement. Citadel connects observations, system state, and accountable human decisions.

Work with Defense

Begin with an unclassified research objective and the evidence the collaboration needs to establish. Technical scope, evaluation, and availability are reviewed directly with the program team.

Defense Order

Build the frontier
with us.