ASELSAN Electromagnetic Launch Laboratory: First Shot
Mustafa Karagöz, Anil Civil, Baran Yıldırım, Emre Burak Yurdakul, Emre Durna, Evren Tan, Ozgur Cavbozar, Ulas Gocmen, Yasin Cevik
Abstract
ASELSAN Inc. has been conducting experimental research on electromagnetic (EM) launch technologies since 2014. First-generation 1-MJ and second-generation 3.25-MJ pulsed power supplies (PPSs) were built and tested with 25 mm × 25 mm square bore EM Launcher-1 (i.e., Elektromanyetik Firlatma Yolu-1: EMFY-1) EM Launcher at an open area test range by ASELSAN. In 2018, ASELSAN built an EM launch laboratory to perform experiments up to 2-MJ muzzle energy. The stored energy of the second-generation PPSs will be increased to 8 MJ, and the new 50 mm × 50 mm square bore EMFY-2 and 50 mm × 75 mm rectangular bore EMFY-3 EM launchers will be used. We present the ASELSAN EM Launch Laboratory and the results of the first EMFY-2 EM launcher shoot fed by 3.25-MJ PPS at the laboratory.