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DIRECTED ENERGY PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY

Abstract: 24-Systems-004

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Implementation of High Powered Microwave Swarm Engagement Model to Quantify System Performance

Many state-of-the-art modeling and simulation environments utilized for military mission planning lack high-fidelity models of HPM weapons. Therefore, it is difficult for the warfighter to understand how to use these weapons and how to properly consider their strengths and weaknesses in various scenarios. Additionally, it is difficult for designers and developers of these systems to compare previous and future iterations of the HPM weapon to better understand R&D tradeoffs.

Epirus, in conjunction with UMKC, is working on the development of a HPM weapon system model and simulation environment to inform the use and development of HPM weapons. Within this simulation environment, a standard scenario space is generated using Monte Carlo algorithms. By varying HPM system configurations and testing the performance of each configuration against these scenarios, metrics to quantify HPM weapon performance relative to a certain scenario can be calculated. As part of the modeling effort, the team has defined quantitative measures of performance and effectiveness for HPM weapon systems, which may be calculated and consolidated within the simulation environment and displayed in a digestible manner for the aforementioned relevant audiences.

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