Researchers designing all-electric warship
Well, probably
diesel-electric.
A University at Buffalo electronic-packaging researcher is helping the U.S. Navy to develop a next generation all-electric warship that will revolutionize the Navy’s use of weaponry and manpower.
The electric warship’s system architecture to be designed by Cemal Basaran, director of the Electronic Packaging Laboratory in the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and other researchers working on the project for the Navy will make available throughout the entire ship onboard electric power generated by the ship’s power plants and mechanical propulsion system…
The Navy plans to have the electric warship operational by 2012.
Core concept of this prototype appears to be like diesel-electric locomotives; but - erm - a little larger. Certainly, more sophisticated.
Posted: Mon - December 24, 2007 at 01:03 PM