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- MagneTek Defense Systems Offers Quality Power-Conversion Products For Today's Navies Maritime Reporter, Sep 1990 #10
MagneTek Defense Systems, a world leading electrical/electronic power supplier to the military and unit of MagneTek, Inc., manufactures a wide range of products from transducers and uninterruptible power supplies to one of the industry's most sophisticated solid-state power-conversion systems. The latter, the MK 84, powers Aegis, the highly sophisticated weapons system employed aboard all CG-47 Class guided-missile cruisers.
The MK 84 is often used as an example of truly advanced technology.
Developed back in 1971, the MK 84 reflected the commitment of the company to transistorized power at a time when much of the industry had abandoned the use of solid state for high power requirements due to supposed lack of reliability. Magne- Tek Anaheim (then ALS Corporation) engineers, however, conceived a way to use transistors at the middle of their power range which rendered them highly reliable, as well as very fast in response time, highly efficient, low heat producing and, of course, smaller by far than the older technology. Looking at the Navy's specification for a power system to operate a common bus—which many in the industry said was impossible to meet—MagneTek engineers were able to exceed every requirement with this transistorized power technology. The remarkable overload capacity, response time and other characteristics of that original MK 84 are still considered state of the art today. MagneTek has gone on to improve that first model with a new air-cooled frequency converter which is the power- conversion system chosen in early 1990 for the DDG-51 Class Aegis guided-missile destroyer program.
This new ACFC is lighter, more powerful and is being built at a significant savings to the Navy.
Just as MagneTek Anaheim brings to the company a wide range of expertise in surface vessel power applications, MagneTek EuroAtlas in Bremen, West Germany, has more than 25 years of experience developing static power-conversion equipment for submarines, ships, aircraft and tanks. With systems ranging from 3 w to 300 kw, Magne- Tek EuroAtlas is a supplier to a wide range of national and international military programs. One recent example is a contract with Kockums Marine AB of Malmo, Sweden, to provide power inverters and converters for the next generation of Royal Swedish Navy submarines, the A19.
MagneTek describes its military product line as providing the complete power cycle—generation, distribution, conversion, load management, motive power and support services. In addition to the MK 84 and ACFC high-power frequency converters, the company manufactures AC variable-frequency drives, AC/DC converters, DC/AC inverters, a split-bus conLoller and current- limiting device developed for protection of shipboard distribution systems, sonar power supplies, auxiliary propulsion control systems, Motogard, motor over-temperature protection devices, pressure and position/ velocity transducers and accelerometers.
The intensive testing program employed by MagneTek Defense Systems is exemplified by the computer- controlled test cell that emulates shipboard input power. Over two mega VA of dynamic load can be produced to assure that products can withstand actual battle conditions.
To assure component and production quality, stress-testing laboratories subject components to controlled environmental conditions such as shock, vibration, humidity and extremes of temperature.
Total Systems Support and Integration (TSSI) is controlled through the MagneTek Integrated Logistic Support organization. ILS provides a turnkey system which integrates products into the customer's application and supports them through the life cycle.
Four separate business facilities provide the wide range of Magne- Tek military power products. In addition to MagneTek/Anaheim in California and MagneTek EuroAtlas in Bremen, there is MagneTek Transducer Products in Simi Valley, Calif., and MagneTek Specialty Products in New Berlin, Wis. The company employs vertically integrated manufacturing methods to assure interchangeability of parts within any alternate assembly. A majority of the parts for MagneTek power systems, from integral magnetic components to external machined and sheet-metal parts, are manufactured in-house. This approach gives MagneTek Defense Systems control of quality, delivery, and conformity to military standards.
In addition, a short-run, zerodefect production discipline dictates hands-on, in-process product quality.
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- Rolls-Royce Helps Power Combat Boat Success Maritime Reporter, Aug 2002 #50
water jet-driven design become that hundreds of examples of the boat have been built for the Swedish forces and for export, including 147 for the Royal Swedish Navy, who will take their final deliveries next year. Today, the high-speed aluminum hull form is to be found carrying out a wide range of tasks
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 11, including sidescan and synthetic aperture sonars, as well as laser scanners. Ukraine is al- ready in possession of six Remus 100 AUVs provided by the Royal Navy for MCM purposes, but a multinational mine clearance operation would em- ploy numerous AUVs to measure mine- ? eld scale and density. Once
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 9from marinas along the western coast. The exact number of lizing laser detection systems can detect mines just below the mines, as well as their locations, remains largely a mystery, surface, even those hiding in murky water. The Airborne Laser although reports suggest that over three hundred have been
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 6MTR Editorial Advisors Gallaudet Hardy The Honorable Tim Gallaudet, Kevin Hardy is President PhD, Rear Admiral, U.S. of Global Ocean Design, Navy (ret) is the CEO of creating components and Ocean STL Consulting and subsystems for unmanned host of The American Blue vehicles, following a career
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 26FEATURE INTERVIEW “Over the next decade, 12 new classes of ships will come online and MSC will see up to 20 new ships deliver to the ? eet in the next ? ve years. This includes new oilers, towing, salvage and rescue tugs, and expeditionary fast transports and emergency medical ships. A large
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 24FEATURE INTERVIEW U.S. Navy photograph by Brian Suriani/Released Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck (right) Commander of U.S. Military Sealift Command (MSC) explains the tradition of the Navy ‘looping ceremony’. Lt. Robert P. Ellison assumes the title of MSC’s Flag Aide during the ceremony. NEEDS MILITARY MORE
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 2NO.4 / VOL. 86 / APRIL 2024 16 Photo on the Cover: U.S. Navy photograph by Brian Suriani/Released Photo this page: Copyright Björn Wylezich/AdobeStock 16 SOVs: Analyzing the Market Drivers Departments As offshore wind grows globally, so too do the dynamics around SOVs. By Philip Lewis 4 Authors & Contribut
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 27Feature Shipbuilding Loumania Stewart / U.S. Coast Guard focus), which require very different business systems to be in place. “We’ve been able to do both,” he said, noting that having systems in place for government jobs makes East- ern Shipbuilding “move-in ready for the Navy and other DOD agencies
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 16OpEd Shipbuilding U.S. Commercial Shipbuilding and Repair Industry Ensures American Strength at Sea By Matthew Paxton, President, Shipbuilders Council of America As Senator Roger Wicker force, the U.S. is falling behind. China, Korea and Japan of Mississippi once said, “Growth in commercial ship-
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 28COVER FEATURE times of con? ict or in other national said Ebeling. “If you look at Iraq and tors bring to the table, all provided by emergencies, and the program also Afghanistan, 98% of those cargoes the MSP ? eet, and it would cost the provides DoD access to MSP partici- were transported to the
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 4Authors & Contributors MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS M A R I N E L I N K . C O M ISSN-0025-3448 USPS-016-750 No. 2 Vol. 86 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News Goldberg Haun (ISSN # 0025-3448) is published monthly Galdorisi except for March, July, and October by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 34as a safer alternative to Ocean Ranger sinking in 1982, which resulted in 84 lives traditional survival craft and rescue boat training. lost. A Canadian Royal Commission report concluded that A leader in this space is Virtual Marine, based in New- a main factor leading to the tragic incident was insuf?
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 60brings together thought leaders from industry, academia and Dockside Demonstrations government to discuss meeting future ocean technology needs On the Royal Victoria Dock, the Dockside Demos feature in line with market developments and new ocean enterprise gives visitors the opportunity to experience
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 59all global stakeholder space to stage a number of unique features and events, with groups in oceanology across blue-tech, energy and offshore the Royal Victoria Dock enabling live outdoor, on-water dem- sectors, delivering the sector’s key forum and networking op- onstrations. Features at Oi24 include: port
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 58, where nights chock full of a vibrant exhibition, on-water technology thought leaders will discuss meeting future ocean technology demonstrations on the Royal Victoria Dock just outside the needs. Sir David King, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, Uni- exhibition hall, conferences and social gatherings – all
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 33patrols. The new SSBNs share roughly similar dimensions (length and displacement) with the Ohios; much of its strategic weapon capabilities with the Royal Navy’s Dreadnought class of SSBNs; and have similar sensors as the Virginia-class attack boats. Below The Surface TORPEDOES IS WHAT MATTERS Torpedoes
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 32SUBSEA VEHICLES DEFENSE USS Baltimore (SSN 704) served for just 15 and a half years in 2004, and the newest, USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 795) of active service. joining the ? eet in October of 2023. Newer versions will be Los Angeles-class submarines carried MK-48 heavyweight ? tted with the Virginia
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 31at depths up to 1,000 feet. serve as a moored training ship (MTS ton. Some of the 688s were pulled from Hammerhead consists of a mooring 701) and the Nuclear Power School service at their mid-life point rather than module that plants itself on the bot- in Charleson, S.C. Likewise USS San incur the
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 30SUBSEA VEHICLES DEFENSE Members from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 and expeditionary sea base ship USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) prepare the MK 18 MOD 2 Sword? sh to be deployed from the Open Water Transportation System (OWTS) during Exercise Noble Vanguard. U.S. Navy photo by Mass
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 29fying mines, especially the hard-to-? nd bottom and buried mines in high clutter environments. Knife? sh uses the low- frequency broadband capability devel- oped by the Physical Acoustics Branch of the Naval Research Laboratory. The 2,000-lb., 22-foot long Knife? sh is based on the Blue? n 21 UUV.
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 28SUBSEA VEHICLES DEFENSE Knife? sh is a medium-class mine countermeasure UUV designed for deployment off the Littoral Combat Ship. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian M. Brooks/RELEASED be applied to Orca XLUUV 1 through 5, which will be built (encapsulated torpedo) mine.