Electric Ship Technologies


Power conversion modules built for the US Navy’s Integrated Fight Through Power program

 

General Atomics is developing Electric Ship technologies in support of Integrated Power Systems for a range of ship class applications. These technologies utilize advanced power conversion technology to convert and distribute shipboard electrical power with improved reliability, survivability, and power quality.


Advanced ship service distribution for high power density, improved power management, and increased survivability

Electric ship technologies utilize a modular, scalable, and highly reliable power distribution and hybrid drive designs that can support all ship class electric drive requirements. These technologies incorporate innovative hardware and software features, including:

  • Bi-directional capability to reduce fuel consumption and/or increase architectural flexibility
  • Use of state-of -the-art power semiconductor devices to increase power density
  • Modular expandability to meet load requirements
  • Power flow management that allows uninterrupted power to mission-critical loads
  • User-friendly, hot-swappable modular design
  • Improved electric power quality and power efficiency
  • Programmable multiple output voltages
  • Redundancy of power distribution
  • Fault isolation and reconfiguration management
  • A design that supports future weapons technology and ships services

In 2007, the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded $10.7 million to GA for research and development work for the Navy’s next-generation IPS.  GA will evalu­ate new architectures for distributing power and will develop the enabling high-voltage power electronics systems required to meet the electrical power demands of modern warships.  This work builds on GA’s past work developing Integrated Fight Through Power (IFTP) power conversion modules (PCM).


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