The USS Gerald Ford (CVN 78) was put to the test during Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST) in June 2021. With the new class of ship’s qualification requirements, these trials provide a telling picture for environmental standard requirements in military applications. Military-grade power and networking solutions play a significant role in these military platforms. Environmental conditions and test methodologies to which military platforms must operate are defined in military standards such as MIL-STD-810 and MIL-DTL-901E among others. Engineers developing systems and sub-systems in support of the defense and aerospace industry use design methodologies to meet or exceed the requirements and tests specified in these standards.
The Over time, the participants of these groups joined with the SOSA (Sensor Open Systems Architecture) Consortium to collaborate under the SOSA initiative, preferring the VPX standard as the workhorse for military embedded systems. This was later formalized under the MOSA Tri-Service Memorandum where all new programs across the branches must be designed under the open systems architecture approach delineated in SOSA.
The Milpower Source engineering teams designs our power solutions from bottom-up to meet the most rigorous standards. implementing complex design methodologies to maximize performance, reliability, and survivability for events, such as the explosive shock imparted on the CVN 78, to ensure systems continue to operate in harsh shock and vibration conditions.
Milpower Source has long been a partner is supplying rugged products in support of the US Navy’s Carrier programs, including the CVN 78. Our UPS systems were installed aboard the CVN 78 during the June 2021 shock testing. This application is a perfect example as to why a market segment exists, and is critically needed, in supporting such platforms.
Many of our power conversion solutions will support the CVN 78’s ability to navigate the world’s oceans by powering key subsystems of the US Navy’s next generation radar systems and providing backup power to its safety-critical systems.
Like the qualification testing of the CVN-78, Milpower Source’s MILTECH 1000 rugged Media Converter Series were recently subjected to the hammer test (watch it here) as defined in MIL-STD 810F shock and vibration standards to serve in other naval platforms.
These are only few examples for our rugged field-proven military-grade power and networking solutions are compliant with most rigorous military standards.
