Innovative High-Energy Density Capacitors for Navy Application

This Phase II is to implement new high energy density capacitors into sparker sonobuoys for NAVAIR applications. New capacitor designs will be fabricated, tested and incorporated into prototype sparker modules for use in the Sensor for Environmental Assessment (SEA) program. The specific objectives of this Phase II program are to incorporate the new high energy density capacitor technology into sparker acoustic sources, optimize sparker performance with the higher energy that will be available within A and/or A/3 size modules, and build and test prototype sparkers at sea. Sparker specifications and corresponding prototype will be developed in preparation for transition to the fleet.