EMC test requirements for combat vehicles

Abstract

Military systems are exposed to electromagnetic fields that are originated internally or externally during the whole operational life cycle. Military systems should perform their critical operational missions without any functional/performance degradation. In the case of military systems, due to the complexity of the complete vehicle electronic system architectures, electromagnetic compatibility requirements should be specified and verified by serial tests. “MIL-STD-464 Electromagnetic Environmental Effects Requirements for the Systems” is one of the well-known system level electromagnetic compatibility standard. Besides the requirements of this standard, it should not be forgotten that success of the subsystem level electromagnetic compatibility test provides convenience for system-level test. Some of the requirements in the standard may not be applicable for all systems. It should be tailored specifically for the mission area and mission critical operations of the systems. In this paper, system level requirements for ground army platforms especially have complex electronic subsystem configuration, are discussed.