NASHUA, N.H. – Military & Aerospace Electronics and Intelligent Aerospace have recognized Leonardo DRS in Arlington, Va., as a platinum-level winner in the publications' 2020 Innovators Awards for the company's TITAN On Board Vehicle Power (OBVP) for Medium Tactical Vehicles (MTV) and heavy class trucks.
Leonardo DRS and Allison Transmission in Indianapolis have partnered to develop the OBVP system that uses a transmission integral generator with electrical power-producing capabilities to produce as much as 125 kilowatts along with an Allison 3000 or 4000 series transmission.
The OBVP can transform the vehicle’s mechanical powertrain into an electrical power plant with a retrofit kit that maintains the drivetrain length. No additional belts, bearings or shafts are necessary.
The 2020 Military & Aerospace Electronics and Intelligent Aerospace Innovators Awards are to recognize products as solutions to difficult aerospace and defense systems design challenges. The awards are in three tiers: platinum, gold, and silver. The awards were announced on 7 Sept. 2020.
Development of the OBVP system represents technology-based companies coming together to provide a solution to a real-world problem. Leonardo DRS and Allison Transmission have collaborated to combine their experience and technological expertise into an enabling technology that advances the capability of warfighters and first responders.
Today U.S. Army maneuver formations can lack reliable power generation to meet increasing power demands. High-reliability systems, agility, and reduced formation footprint are necessary to meet requirements for electric power for a wide variety of uses, ranging from sensors to battery charging.
OVBP’s design is based off of Leonardo DRS naval propulsion motor technology and is designed to military standards, offering the customer a high-reliability machine with a mean time between failures that exceeds 70,000 hours of mission assured electrical power.
The Leonardo DRS Titan OBVP system has proven itself at multiple Army evaluation events and also in formal lab testing environments and has logged more than 10,000 hours of operational use in the field, without a generator failure, company officials say.
For more information contact Leonardo DRS online at www.leonardodrs.com.
