Electric power is essential to the warfighting effectiveness of naval ships. Due in part to advanced weapons and sensors, the complexity of power systems has increased significantly.
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation
Cardinal Engineering is enhancing the speed to fleet of power system engineering products and improving the overall life cycle acquisition of U.S. Navy shipboard power systems.
Shipboard Installation
Incorporation of new technologies into legacy ship designs is an effective approach to evaluate performance and validate capabilities. Cardinal Engineering is supporting the U.S. Navy in the installation of power system components that support evaluation of advanced weapons and sensors with a team well-versed in the diverse technologies and shipboard environment supporting technology insertion.
Incorporation of new technologies into legacy ship designs is an effective approach to evaluate performance and validate capabilities. Cardinal Engineering is supporting the U.S. Navy in the installation of power system components that support evaluation of advanced weapons and sensors with a team well-versed in the diverse technologies and shipboard environment supporting technology insertion.
Test Facilities
Test facilities are a fundamental element of U.S. Navy power system research, risk reduction of near-term and far-term design solutions, and engineering evaluation. Cardinal Engineering plays a crucial role in the establishment of test facilities from requirements through to test.
Control Systems
The complexity and enhanced functionality of naval power systems requires sophisticated controls. Cardinal Engineering is working with the U.S. Navy to develop and evaluate cybersecure control systems that enable integrated control across diverse systems.
Control Development
Cardinal Engineering has detailed knowledge of software development environments, and this knowledge combined with expertise in power systems, is supporting the U.S. Navy on development of next-generation control systems. Cardinal Engineering leverages its experience in control techniques and cybersecurity to support development of complex Navy control systems.
Controller Hardware-In-The-Loop
Controller hardware-in-the-loop based testing offers power system engineers the opportunity to evaluate control algorithms and software in a representative power end energy systems architecture in advance of fielding. The expertise of the Cardinal Engineering team in both Power and Controller Hardware-in-the-loop technologies enables us to make contributions to the test approach that improves test effectiveness, reduces risk, and accelerates controller fielding.
Standards and Specifications
Standards and specifications, both military and industry, form the basis of present and future naval power systems technologies. Cardinal Engineering supports the U.S. Navy in ensuring cost-effective acquisition of power systems via development of and compliance with specifications and standards.
Specification Development
Cardinal Engineering supports the U.S. Navy and industry in updating existing and developing new requirements documents for new shipboard power and energy systems components and architectures.
Compliance Evaluation
Cardinal Engineering supports the U.S. Navy with the review of power and energy systems components and architectures designs against relevant military and industry standards, as well as supports the development of actionable steps to ensure qualification of components and architecture.