High Power Microwave Development and Integration

Abstract

This project develops and demonstrates high power microwave (HPM) and other unconventional electromagnetic field generation and transmission technologies that can be integrated into future weapon systems to support a wide range of Air Force missions such as air base defense or the damage/destruction of an adversary's electronic infrastructure. It also provides inputs to the susceptibility, vulnerability, and lethality databases used across the Department of Defense (DoD) to understand thresholds for scalable effects of directed energy weapons. In FY 2021, the entirety of Project 633152, High Power Microwave Development and Integration, will be transferred to PE 0603035F, Next Gen Effects Dev/Demos, Project 633152, High Power Microwave Development and Integration, as part of the Air Force Research Development Test and Evaluation (RDT&E), Budget Activity 03 (BA 03) PE consolidation in order to realign technology areas to better support the National Defense Strategy, Air Force Future Operating Concept and Air Force Science and Technology Strategy, April 2019. The Project and associated efforts will continue to be executed by the Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Technology Directorate located in Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. This is an administrative realignment for consolidation, and not a new start.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2021
Source ID
633152_0603605F_3_3600_PB_2021

Tags

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics

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