The pulser (pulsed liquid sodium electromagnetic generator) is a device for directly powering railgun kew weapon launchers. It replaces customary pulse-forming elements for railgun pulse-electrical power. Pulser potentially saves system weight and complexity and also can improve efficiency by extracting residual magnetic field energy from the gun tube(s); transferring it back to prime power storage. Phase I effort will analytically verify this concept, do system preliminary designs, and assess SDI application merits.
