Bofors HPM blackout - a versatile and mobile L-band high power microwave system

Author

Karlsson, M.U. ; Olsson, F. ; Åberg, D. ; Jansson, M.

Author_Institution

BAE Syst. Bofors, Karlskoga, Sweden

fYear

2009

fDate

June 28 2009-July 2 2009

Firstpage

499

Lastpage

501

Abstract

The BAE Systems Bofors new mobile High Power Microwave system, Bofors HPM Blackout, has proven itself very suitable for research and evaluation of microwave effects in the L-band. The system is composed of an integrated pulsed power unit, a microwave source and an exchangeable conical horn antenna. Adjoining support systems are a compact battery powered vacuum system for the microwave tube and a gas supply system for the pulsed power unit. The integrated battery supply makes the system operational in all terrains and independent of standard laboratory utilities. The total weight of the system is less than 500 kg and the length is just above two meters. The system is capable of generating GW-levels of microwaves and with minor modifications the frequency could be changed well into the S-band without too much loss in power. A typical antenna gain for the system is 15-25 dBi.

Keywords

horn antennas; microwave tubes; military equipment; power supply circuits; BAE Systems Bofors; Bofors HPM Blackout; compact battery powered vacuum system; conical horn antenna; gas supply system; integrated battery supply; integrated pulsed power unit; microwave effects; microwave source; microwave tube; mobile L-band high power microwave system; versatile L-band high power microwave system; Batteries; Electron tubes; Frequency; Horn antennas; L-band; Laboratories; Microwave antennas; Microwave generation; Power generation; Vacuum systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference, 2009. PPC '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4064-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4065-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.2009.5386327

Filename

5386327