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Marine Corps On-Board Vehicle Power
Joint Service Power Expo May 2005
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• WHAT WE DO TODAY

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• WHAT WE WILL DO TOMORROW

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Required Capabilities

• Ship to Objective Maneuver
• Launch from Expeditionary Strike Force at sea
• Maneuver space includes Air, Land, and Sea
• Tailorable forces
• Rapidly executable
• Highly Maneuverable
• Self-sufficient
• Combined Arms capability

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Implications on Power

• Appetite for electric power is increasing
• Space and weight are at a premium
• Efficiency of energy use
• Power sources to support maneuver forces
• Rapid Reconstitution
• Joint Services approach
• Commonality across Marine Units Reserves

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Mobile Power Options
10 w 100 w 1 kW 10 kW 100 kW
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Vehicle Power Initiatives

• On-Board Vehicle Power Small
• On-Board Vehicle Power Medium
• On-Board Vehicle Power Large
• Power Distribution / Solar Charging

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On-Board Power Layout
Operator controller/safety
Power conditioning
 
Engine controller
Power convenience plugs
Engine mounted rotating machinery
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On-Board Power Payoff
Power Generation System Cost per kilowatt Weight Lbs. per kilowatt Embarkation Sq ft required
3 kW Tactical Quiet Generator 3200 108 lbs 7 ft2
10 kw Tactical Quiet Generator 1455 101 lbs 14 ft2
5-8 kw On-Board Vehicle Power System 1100 - 1800 18-30 lbs 0
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On-Board Power Activities

• Purpose is to prepare USMC
• For future power needs / requirements
• For potential future acquisition programs
• For assisting the FMF when they take action on
  their own
• MCSC efforts at this time are toward supporting
  users / buyers with
• Performance data cost data
• Market availability to deliver via GSA schedule /
  NSNd items
• Limited Users Evaluation
• 22nd MEU (Deployment) - 4 systems in FY04
• Integration, Power, Reliability Qualification
  Testing (3 vendors)
• Completed at Aberdeen Test Center
• Power Inverter Testing
• Currently underway at NSWC-Crane and Dayton T.
  Brown
• Results in Summer 2005
• Durability Testing (single system)
• Nevada Automotive Test Center
• Results in Summer 2005

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On-Board Power Test Results
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On Board Power Path Forward

• This is USMC decision direction only
• Joint PM Power and PM Motor Transport decision
• Aberdeen Test Center Reports delivered
• C.E. Neihoff System Rpt ATC-8929, Feb 2005
• Raven Technology Rpt ATC-8930, Feb 2005
• AuraGen System Rpt ATC-8933, Feb 2005
• Release Authority Marine Corps Systems Command
• No formal requirement exists
• No formal source selection was made
• But when asked, our recommendation will be to
  utilize the C. E. Neihoff system when 5-8 kW of
  on-board AC power is needed
• C.E. Neihoff system will be taken to NATC for
  durability tests
• USMC is continuing DC-AC Inverter evaluations

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DC-AC Inverter Evaluation

• Steady-state load test.
• Output loading set to 0, 50, and 100 of full
  load
• Power factor set to 0.8 leading and unity
• Dynamic load test
• Overload test
• Steady-state line regulation test
• Environmental testing IAW MIL-PRF-28800
• Temperature tests _at_ 50 and 70 of full nominal
  load
• Electromagnetic Interference.
• Excepted tests from MIL-PRF-28800F not be
  performed
• Splash proof Watertight
• Fungus Resistance Explosive Atmosphere
• Solar Radiation Humidity
• Drip-proof

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DC-AC Inverter Evaluation
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Battery Charger on the Move

• Statement of Need for Battery Management /
  Sustainment Systems
• Overarching program for Alternative Power
  Sources for Communication
  Equipment
• Response to OIF battery shortage
• Garrison and Mobile needs addressed
• Runs off AC or DC power
• Mounts in vehicle or used on bench-top
• Initial issue quantity to be fielded by
  MARCORSYSCOM in 2005-2006
• Field User Evaluation with II MEF _at_ OIF III

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Vehicle Power System

• Solar Charging Panel
• Part of Battery Management Statement of Need
• Provides charging (not desulfating)
• Overcomes battery self-discharge and helps ensure
  vehicles start on demand.
• First fielding to MARFORRES

• Vehicle Power Distribution
• Fuse and Circuit Breaker Protection
• Waterproof enclosure
• Waterproof connectors
• Fielding concept TBD

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On-Board Vehicle Power Medium Large

• Funded by Office of Naval Research
• Future Naval Capability ACES
• Expeditionary Warfare Tech Div (353)
• Cooperative with Army
• Full and Open competition to Industry
• Solicitation in FY04
• Source Selection complete
• Multiple vendors in Phase I
• Trade-offs / Preliminary Design
• Down-select vendors for Phase II
• Hardware build one system each
• Technical Testing in 2006/07
• System Evaluation 2007/08

Applicable to mounted systems that require
dedicated power sources (Radar, OpsCenter,
Mobile Command Posts, APU applications, etc.)
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On-Board Vehicle Power-Medium

• 20 30 kilowatts continuous
• HMMWV M1123
• 120 VAC, 60 hz electric power
• Two vehicles can be connected in parallel
• Parallelable with Tactical Quiet Generator

• Phase I Vendors
• BAE Systems, Oswego, NY
• General Dynamics Land Systems, Muskegon, MI
• DRS Technologies, Huntsville, AL

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On-Board Vehicle Power - Large

• 60 kilowatts minimum
• MTVR Mk 23
• 120 VAC, 60 hz electric power
• Parallelable with TQG

• Phase I Vendor
• Oshkosh Truck Company, Oshkosh, WI

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Questions