Summary form only given. Results on the microwave plasma-electronbeam interaction experiment indicated that microwave plasmas could bereliably initiated at pressures above 10 Torr using the low powerelectron beam. Initial indications of plasma modulation were promising.The beam window had a strong effect on beam width. Comparison withMonte-Carlo simulations indicated that window composition and thicknessmust be considered to decrease beam width, and thereby improve plasmacontrol. The application under study at present is hypersonic flowcontrol. The microwave plasma will provide localized energy addition toa flow. The goal is to obtain steering moments on wind tunnel modelsusing an electronically steered electron beam. Plans are to introducethe electron beam-microwave plasma setup, into a Mach 3 wind tunnel,investigate effects on the flow field, and measure moments obtainedusing various levels of microwave power
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