September 23, 2019

Gregory J. Quarles
Chief Executive Officer
APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC.
2480 W Ruthrauff Road
Suite 140Q
Tuscon, Arizona 85705

       Re: APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC.
           Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2018
           Filed April 1, 2019
           Form 10-Q for the Period Ended June 30, 2019
           Filed August 14, 2019
           File No. 001-14015

Dear Mr. Quarles:

       We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements
and related
disclosures and have the following comments. In some of our comments, we may
ask you to
provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure.

       Please respond to these comments within ten business days by providing
the requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do
not believe our
comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your
response.

       After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional
comments.

Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2018 and

Form 10-Q for the Period Ended June 30, 2019
Exhibits 31.1 and 32.1 Certifications, page 1

1.    We note that your Certifications filed in Exhibits 31.1 and 32.1 are
signed by Bradford T
      Adamczyk in his capacity as Principal Executive Officer. In light of the
fact that the
      identity of the Principal Financial Officer is not clear from the Form
10-K please revise to
      include separate certifications signed by the Principal Financial
Officer, or alternatively, if
      Mr. Adamczyk served as both the Principal Executive Officer and Principal
Financial
      Officer at that time, please revise to include both titles in the
certifications to reflect his
      capacity in signing the certifications. See paragraph 31 of Item 601 of
Regulation S-K
      and Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a). Similarly, we note that the
certifications filed with
 Gregory J. Quarles
APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC.
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      the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2019 are also only signed by
Gregory J
      Quarles in his capacity as Chief Executive Officer. Please revise
appropriately to include
      certifications of the Chief Financial Officer. Your revisions should be
made through
      amended filings which should include the entire filing in addition to the
revised
      certifications.
       In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are
responsible for the
accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review,
comments, action or
absence of action by the staff.

       You may contact Effie Simpson at (202) 551-3346 or Claire Erlanger at
(202) 551-3301
with any questions.



                                                           Sincerely,
FirstName LastNameGregory J. Quarles
                                                           Division of
Corporation Finance
Comapany NameAPPLIED ENERGETICS, INC.
                                                           Office of
Transportation and Leisure
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cc:       Mary P. O'Hara
FirstName LastName