25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-7.1.3

ANALYSIS OF A FEASIBLE PULSED-POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE

L. Austrin, M. Torabzadeh-Tari*, A. Larsson**
Saab Aerosystems, Sweden; *Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; **Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Sweden

Keywords: amorphous alloys, magnetic amplifier, microwave, vircator

More Electric Aircraft technology enables the power supply of electric energy weapons such as high-power microwave and laser weapons. Aspects of electric power generation, energy storage, distribution and pulse-conditioning systems for the power supply of directed energy weapons in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle are addressed in the paper.

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