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NOVA ELECTRIC
Nova Electric provides UPS equipment for the Global
Hawk program.
| The new Global Hawk UAV pictured to the right, made by
Northrop Grumman Ryan Aeronautical and Raytheon, has a power buss that is
made up entirely of COTS equipment. The plane is as large as a manned
aircraft (Boeing 727). The Global Hawk can fly 1,200 miles to an area of
interest, remain on station for 24 hours, servey an area of 60,000 square
miles roughly the size of Illinois and then return 1,200 miles to it's
operating base. |
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| The UAV has a range of 13,500 nautical miles, at altitudes as high as 65,000 ft.
and an endurance of 36 hours. During a typical mission, the Global Hawk sensor
suite can provide near real time imagery of the area of interest to the
battlefield command via satellite. The UAV is programmed and controlled via a
ground station. A pilot and other ground support personnel the sit in a ground
shelter, located at some remote location, control the aircraft. The Ground
Shelter is powered by a specially designed power system, consisting of a
generator and a UPS system. The UPS system is a ruggedized COTS system designed
and built by NOVA ELECTRIC. |
For information about COTS system:
howard@theallpower.com
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