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HPM
HPM stands for High-Power Microwave, referring to a type of weapon that emits powerful bursts of microwave energy. These weapons are designed to disrupt, damage, or destroy electronic systems without causing traditional physical destruction.
TECHNICAL DEFINITION
High-Power Microwave (HPM) weapons are directed-energy systems that generate intense electromagnetic radiation in the microwave frequency spectrum, primarily utilized in electronic warfare for non-kinetic effects to neutralize or degrade adversary C4ISR systems, integrated air defense networks, and critical electronic infrastructure.
BACKGROUND
A directed-energy weapon (DEW) is a ranged weapon that damages its target with highly focused energy without a solid projectile, including lasers, microwaves, particle beams, and sound beams. Potential applications of this technology include weapons that target personnel, missiles, vehicles, and optical devices.
READ MORE ON WIKIPEDIASYNONYMS & ALIASES
- High-Power Microwave
- Microwave Weapon
- Directed Energy Weapon
- E-bomb
- EMP weapon (related)
USAGE NOTE
HPM technology is a focus area in military research for its potential to achieve electromagnetic attack and create reversible or irreversible effects on enemy electronics.
DEVELOPERS
Organizations developing technology related to HPM.
A major aerospace and defense company, formerly Raytheon Technologies, involved in the development of advanced defense systems including high-power microwave (HPM) technologies for applications such as counter-UAS and electronic warfare.
A global security and aerospace company that researches and develops various advanced weapon systems, including directed energy technologies and high-power microwave systems for defense applications.
A leading global aerospace and defense technology company with significant investments in directed energy and high-power microwave research for advanced military capabilities.
A primary scientific research organization for the U.S. Air Force, with extensive programs dedicated to developing directed energy weapons, including high-power microwave systems, for air and space applications.
The corporate research laboratory for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, conducting broad scientific research and advanced technological development, including high-power microwave sources and systems for naval defense.
A multi-program engineering and science laboratory operated for the U.S. Department of Energy, with significant expertise in pulsed power and high-power microwave physics critical for advanced directed energy weapons research.
A global aerospace and defense technology innovator that provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across air, land, sea, space and cyber domains, including solutions related to electronic warfare and high-power microwave systems.
A multinational arms, security, and aerospace company with active research and development in directed energy weapons, including potential applications of high-power microwave technology for various defense platforms.