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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

NavSea official: Consider fuel costs

Designing a new generation of warship power plants is a “difficult challenge” for today’s designers, but it’s critical for tomorrow’s weapons, sensors and the world’s dwindling supply of oil, a top Navy engineer said Monday.

The technical problem is formidable, conceded Rear Adm. Thomas Eccles, the deputy commander for ship design, integration and engineering at Naval Sea Systems command.

A future power plant ideally would use the same or less fuel as today’s, and yet produce much more electric power to feed hungry new radars, electromagnetic rail guns and even shipboard lasers.

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