Advanced Power Solutions
for Tomorrow’s Navy
Integration of next generation power components into mission-driven Shipboard Power Systems for unrivaled capability and operational availability
Insulated Bus Pipe
Vast Rugged and modular power distribution alternative to legacy cable that provides touch safe, high current medium voltage direct current (MVDC) and alternating current (MVAC) power transmission medium. Stäubli Electrical Connectors enable toolless assembly.
Technical details: designed up to 3kA and 12 kV DC / 15 kV AC tested, scalable up to 8kA, 1.5x bend radius, straight lengths up to 50ft

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Supports modular ship construction
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Enables labor cost savings and ship construction schedule savings
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Reduces lifecycle maintenance due to high fire, abrasion resistance, and boltless connections
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Coaxial variant providing kA-level of current with zero electro-magnetic signature
Modular Solid-State Transformer (SST)
Next generation, scalable power transformer / rectifier that provides more reliable, maintainable, and compact alternative to existing solutions.
Technical details: 5 kVAC, 1 kVDC, 75 kVA SST all in a 3.5U, single sailor-carriable box. 900 kVA in a 42U rack. Supports up to 15 kV (95 kV Basic Impulse Level) and parallelizable to 10s–100s of MW

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Maximizes reliability for seamless internal redundant power change over
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Increases operational availability
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Eases supply chain and logistics concerns due to modularity
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Reduces weight, volume, and space required for component installation and operation
MVDC Disconnect Switch
Shipboard power distribution in-line isolation, enabling shipboard power equipment maintenance for lock-out tag-out (LOTO) function. Advanced insulator using supercritical fluids to provide safe LOTO for 1kV DC up to 12 kV DC systems.
Technical details: Capacity to break up to residual 2% load current.

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Increases sailor safety in cost-optimized implementation
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Enabling efficient shipboard power system maintenance
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Minimize upstream switchgear for power density
Resonant Grounding with Advanced Magnetics
Novel magnetic materials deployed for continuous MVAC grounding with ability to withstand non-isolated rectifier ground faults. Spatially tuned magnetic permeability enables saturation and hotspot control with natural convection cooling in mechanically robust ungapped cores.
Technical details: Mitigates up to 20A of ground fault current with less than 2.5 kW loss on a 15 kV AC systems.

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Casualty-resilience, withstanding non-isolated ground faults
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COTS cabinets provide additional shock and vibration resiliency
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Design based tuning for flexible SPS installation
Technical Papers​
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Supporting Future Warship Design Through the Use of Advanced High-Power Electrical Distribution Technologies and Concepts Naval Engineers Journal, Volume 134, Number 3, September 2022.
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Coaxial Insulated Bus Pipe, a Low Magnetic Signature Solution for Medium Voltage Direct Current Shipboard Power Distribution 2021 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS), 2021.


