Recent Activities in Electro-Thermal Chemical Launcher Technologies at BAE Systems

Abstract

The three-year Line of Sight/Beyond Line of Sight (LOS/BLOS) electro-thermal chemical (ETC) launcher program, funded by US Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, is a comprehensive effort to advance ETC launcher technologies. The program includes development of ETC plasma injectors for 120 mm M829A2s, build of a 100 kJ pulsed power supply small and robust enough to be realistically integrated into a combat vehicle, improvement of power connections to the gun to allow electromagnetic field containment and automated connection to the round, and tests of the completed ETC system with various chemical propellants and electrical energy levels.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA476392

Entities

People

  • Jahn Dyvik
  • John O'reilly
  • Jonathan Shin
  • Juleigh Herbig
  • Randall Appleton

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Circuit Boards
  • Circuits
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Control Panels
  • Control Systems
  • Energy
  • Energy Levels
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Firing Pins
  • High Energy
  • High Voltage
  • Ignition
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Power Supplies
  • Propellants
  • Pulsed Power

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • ballistics.