TROY, Mich., 12 Aug. 2007. BAE Systems demonstrated a prototype common modular power system (CMPS) at the National Defense Industrial Association's Power and Energy Symposium. CMPS has been designed to provide military tactical wheeled vehicles with o-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," says 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.
