Northrop Grumman further invests into microelectronics
Northrop Grumman has opened a new microelectronics micro-line facility to provide materials for next-generation systems.
Surface Navy: Hybrid propulsion chosen for cutters
DRS Technologies, a Leonardo Company, has been selected to provide the hybrid-electric drive propulsion system for the US Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter.
The company received the order from Eastern Shipbuilding Group on 6 January.
Speaking at this week’s Surface Navy Association Annual Symposium, Clive Wilgress-Pipe, director of business development and strategic programs at DRS Power Technology said that different propulsion designs could be applied to various maritime platforms; from a pure electric design to militarized hybrid designs that add an electric motor to a gas turbine or diesel component.
According to Wilgress-Pipe, the pure electric design, ‘which is used …
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