Converteam wins $31 Million additional U.S. Navy Funding for the DDG-1000 Program

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UNITED STATES - 12 AUGUST 2009

The United States Naval Sea Systems Command, awarded Converteam Inc. $31 million contract to provide the long lead materials -- for the DDG-1000 Baseline Tactical High Voltage Power Subsystem (HVPS) -- for use in the Navy's integrated power system Land Based Test Site (LBTS) located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and to supply hardware and provide technical leadership on the HVPS.

With Converteam's Integrated Power Systems (IPS) role they will be providing technical leadership to the U.S. Navy to assist in the integration of the HVPS, Low Voltage Power Subsystem (LVPS) and Electric Control Systems (ECS). The entire HVPS project scope includes an Advanced Induction Motor, VDM25000 drive, switchboards, harmonic filters and resistors for dynamic braking and neutral grounding, and LBTS commissioning and engineering to support integration. The HVPS distributes electrical power from the ship's turbine-generators to the various electrical loads and also provides for electric propulsion.

"The project team is highly motivated to start this new phase of the DDG program and demonstrate the operation of the integrated system. It is our commitment to deliver excellent services to the Navy by focusing on technical expertise and reactivity to our client's requests.", said Xavier Goy, Converteam Project Manager.

"For the Navy team, our people add significant experience from the DDG-1000 design phase and other initiatives such as T-AKE, LHD-8, full scale testing at the LBTS and international programs. Converteam's leadership at the LBTS will ensure the successful activation of the integrated power system for Zumwalt, the DDG-1000 lead ship”, says Paul Thompson, Director, Navy for Converteam.

Work will be performed at the Converteam manufacturing facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and at the LBTS in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Scheduled completion is set for March 2011.


Source: Converteam


Artist rendering of the U.S. Navy Zumwalt class destroyer (DDG-1000)

 

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Raytheon Awarded $241 Million for Zumwalt Software Development
UNITED STATES - 23 NOVEMBER 2009

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) received a $241.3 million U.S. Navy contract to deliver additional open architecture software capability for the Zumwalt-class destroyer (DDG 1000).

Under the contract, software development will support the integration of human-computer- interface components for the ship's engineering machinery controls and damage control systems. Specifically, Raytheon will deliver computer-graphical user interfaces and a technical data- manager capability to control Zumwalt's ship propulsion, integrated power, auxiliary and damage control systems. The effort will also include support to land-based and shipboard testing of these subsystems.

"This is the most readily expandable, sophisticated software suite ever designed for a naval surface combatant, allowing the warfighter to address threats faster and more effectively than ever before," said Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems' (IDS) Robert Martin, vice president and deputy of Seapower Capability Systems. "The high level of automation and intuitive human- computer interface of the ship's systems will dramatically reduce manning, resulting in significant cost savings for the Navy."

The advanced technologies developed for the destroyer can be reused on future and modernized platforms. The benefits of Zumwalt's readily expandable open architecture design and systems commonality are already being realized by the application of the Dual Band Radar on the new Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78). The benefits also include the application of the Total Ship Computing Environment infrastructure for the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and USS San Antonio (LPD 17) technology-refresh efforts.

The systems and software engineering approach used on Zumwalt has yielded an architecture that is well suited for capability enhancements to counter emerging threats. It also provides affordable new capabilities that address future mission requirements such as sea-based ballistic missile defense. The system delivers an unprecedented level of Mission Systems Integration and automation and is a primary driver for the 60 percent reduction in manning for the Zumwalt-class destroyer versus the requirement for today's Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.

Progress on the Zumwalt program continues on cost and on schedule with all 10 critical Zumwalt technologies having been rigorously and successfully tested ashore and-or at sea before transitioning to full production. The program remains on track to meet all future milestones and scheduled deliveries - a significant achievement for a program of its size and complexity.


Source: Raytheon Company