Compact Rotating Electrical Machines for Powering High Energy Lasers

Rotating electrical power generation offers a compact, high energy and power density solution for powering lasers on mobile platforms. All power generation technologies have advantages and disadvantages, but rotating machines allow the independent design of the energy storage and power generation aspects and details of the machine. The proposal team offers two rotating electrical machine topologies for evaluation and review during the Phase I effort. The experience base resident within the proposal team will prove extremely valuable when evaluating these power generation options and then moving a down selected technology forward into an option period and on to detail design and demo during the Phase II period.