Demonstrate a Leap-Ahead EM Gun Armament System that Proves the Maturity of the Technology for Future Combat Systems

Abstract

This report, comprised of viewgraphs, discusses the Army EM program and the challenges it faces. Topics include pulsed power, hypervelocity lethality plans, systems and technology integration, and the army EM gun program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 26, 2001
Accession Number
ADA394738

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Electric Power
  • Electric Propulsion
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Geometry
  • Launchers
  • Lethality
  • Materials
  • Power
  • Program Management
  • Pulsed Power
  • Research Facilities
  • Silicon Carbide
  • Temperature Control
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thermal Diffusion

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • ballistics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics