Fried Chips, (Aviation Week & Space Technology)…David A. Fulghum, and Amy Butler, Oct 20, 2008, pg. 28.
New USAF weapon could shut down or damage enemy electronics.
After years of hopeful talk and a number of test failures, U.S. Air Force researchers are planning to demonstrate an airborne, electronics-killing, standoff weapon that could receive funding in the Fiscal 2010 budget.
The Air Force Research Laboratory is planning to develop a weapons system that integrates a payload capable of generating pulses of high-power microwaves (HPM). The Joint Concept Technology Demonstration is called “Champ,” according to officials at Eglin AFB, Fla. If selected for funding in Fiscal 2010, the program would include feasibility studies and flight-testing.
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