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Meeting Notice

The Southeastern Michigan IEEE EMC Society presents:

Rail Gun Missile Launching

Presented by: LT Seth Miller

Date: February 16, 2005

Time: 5:30 PM

Location: Fairlane Campus - U of M Dearborn (Map Code FCN)

University of Michigan
School of Management
Fairlane Center North - Rooms 110 & 111
19000 Hubbard Drive
Dearborn, MI 48126

Driving Directions

Please pre-register for this free event online at: http://www.emcsociety.org/eventregistration.html then select "February" Registration Deadline: Noon on the day prior to the event.

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Schedule of Events

5:30 – 6:00 Pizza and Refreshments Sponsored by MBtech http://www.mbtech-group.com

6:00 – 7:00 Technical Presentation

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Abstract

Naval railguns offer a transformational solution for volume fires and time-critical strike because of their potential to deliver lethal, hypervelocity projectiles at ranges in excess of 200 nautical miles (NM) within 6 minutes. A notional 15-kilogram railgun flight body arrives on target with a 1500-meters-per-second (m/s) (Mach 5) terminal velocity, delivering 17 megajoules (MJ) of available kinetic energy (KE). Railguns offer a wide range of enhanced warfighting capabilities that will ensure the success of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Sea Power 21 Vision. The objective of this presentation is to focus on the three key technology areas of the Navy's EM Launcher, which includes the Launcher, the Pulsed Power System (Energy Storage) and the Projectile. The current state of each of these technologies will be discussed along with the integration issues involved in taking these three key technologies to achieve a system capable of achieving the goals stated above. System Engineering of the total EM launcher system is critical to achieving success. The remainder of the brief will cover the Navy's current plan for fielding a Naval Railgun. The Navy has funded a Science and Technology plan through the Innovative Naval Prototype (INP). The INP will work to mature the three key technologies and then hand-off the results of this development to a formal Navy acquisition program. The INP will take place over the next several years and result in a formal acquisition program that will ultimately field an EM launcher for installation and use aboard future Naval Platforms.

LT Seth Miller

Bio

Lieutenant Seth Miller was born on December 11, 1973 in Houston, Texas. He received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy upon graduation from Oak Grove High School in Oak Grove, Missouri, in 1992. He reported in July of 1992 and graduated in 1996 receiving a commission and degree in Computer Science.

After completing Surface Warfare Officer's School in January of 1997, he reported aboard USS GONZALEZ (DDG 66) where he served as Strike/Ordnance Officer until July of 1999. Upon completion of his tour in GONZALEZ, Lieutenant Miller reported aboard USS CARR (FFG 52) where he served as Navigator and Administrative Officer from August 1999 to March 2001. Lieutenant Miller reported to Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Portsmouth, Virginia, for Temporary Duty serving in the Repair Department. Lieutenant Miller then reported to the Naval Postgraduate School in July of 2001 graduating with a Master of Physics in September 2003