07 Aug 2007 | Ref. 245/2007
TROY, Michigan — BAE Systems is demonstrating a prototype common modular power system (CMPS) this week at the National Defense Industrial Association’s Power and Energy Symposium. CMPS has been designed to provide military tactical wheeled vehicles with significant on-board and exportable power, addressing a critical warfighter need.
CMPS, as demonstrated on a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), delivers sufficient electricity to operate subsystems such as electronic warfare, situational awareness, communications, and vehicle prognostics and diagnostics, while improving vehicle performance.
“We developed this system in response to an urgent need to provide more power for vehicles in the field,” said Hank McGlynn, vice president of Vehicle Systems for BAE Systems. “This prototype clearly demonstrates the feasibility of field retrofitting a HMMWV to provide significant levels of additional electric power for both on-board and exportable power needs.”
Using a permanent-magnet generator, the system delivers up to 400 amps of 28-volt DC electric power at low engine speed. Its primary purpose is to provide enough on-board power to operate significant self-defense, weapon, countermeasures, and route-clearing systems. The system’s capability can be expanded to provide up to 30 kilowatts of AC power for use in the field.
The CMPS architecture allows for commonality across the Army’s fleet of ground vehicles to minimize operational and maintenance costs. It also provides power for electrified automotive accessory systems, such as water pumps, engine fans, power steering pumps, and air conditioning. Electrification of these traditionally belt-driven systems improves fuel economy and vehicle performance, increasing the useful life of the vehicle.
About BAE Systems
BAE Systems is the premier global defense and aerospace company delivering a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, information technology solutions and customer support services. BAE Systems, with 96,000 employees worldwide, had 2006 sales that exceeded $27 billion on a pro forma basis, assuming BAE Systems had owned Armor Holdings, Inc. for the whole of 2006.
For further information, please contact:
Catherine Gordon, BAE Systems
Tel: +1 607 770 4713 Mobile: +1 607 349 9144
catherine.gordon@baesystems.com
Shannon Smith, BAE Systems
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shannon.n.smith@baesystems.com
