Joint Army-Navy Development of the Transverse Electromagnetic/Mode-Stir (TEMMS) Chamber for Large System RF Effects RDT&E

摘要

With the continued proliferation of emitters on the modern battlefield, the need for high intensity RF effects RDT&E is increasing. As RF strength parameters increase, hazards to mission systems and test personnel will increase. Many tools are available today to assess system performance in harsh or hostile RF environments. To support RF effects testing, DoD has developed numerous Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) and EW simulators and RDT&E facilities. This paper discusses the combination of a reverberation (mode-stir) chamber, and popular subsystem test tool, with a Transverse Electromagnetic (TEM) cell, as a large-scale system level evaluation capability. In order to perform RDT&E on large complex weapons systems, this capability will be integrated into an existing Installed System Test Facility. This facility will permit comprehensive evaluations of system safety and survivability to extreme RF environments in a fast, efficient, controlled manner, using open and closed loop test technologies.