Importance of Cables During HERO Tests

By developing of technology, electronic systems which are used in military platforms increases from past to present. Every electronic equipment emits some electromagnetic energy which can cause many problems. Some of these equipments can generate high level electromagnetic field such as nearby radars or communication systems. In military platforms; personnel, ordnance or electrically initiated devices may be affected because of these high level electromagnetic fields. Ordnance should be compatible with electromagnetic radiation. By reason of this, compatibility of ordnance is investigated in a military standard that is known as Hazard of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO) which is defined in MIL-STD464. In this paper, different test setups are applied to improve the alternative HERO testing method.