Switching Regulated Power Supplies

For over 30 years, the Air Force’s PAVE PAWS phased array early warning radar has been monitoring the United States eastern seaboard for any land and sea strikes by enemy ballistic missiles. Located in Cape Cod, this ten-story radar station also tracks over 21,000 earth-orbiting objects daily.

• Satellites and space debris
• Manned systems like the Space Shuttle
• International Space Station

SPI was selected to design and build a modern-day, Sub Array, 9kW switching power supply as a “way ahead” to replace the aging legacy supplies. This solution provides a patented high-voltage, passive PFC approach with low harmonic content, designed to operate for 30+ years.

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The AN/TPS-80 G/ATOR is a highly expeditionary, three-dimensional, short-to-medium-range multi-role radar designed to detect low-observable, low-radar cross-section targets such as rockets, artillery, mortars, cruise missiles, and unmanned aircraft systems.

• Ground and aviation missions
• Low radar cross-section targets
• Short-to-medium-range detection

SPI was contracted to design an extremely efficient, baseplate-cooled, rugged power supply using the latest COTS technology.

Click here for more details about Northrop Grumman's G/ATOR System

Lockheed Martin's Q-53 radar (formerly known as EQ-36) was designed to replace the aging TPQ-36 & TPQ-37 medium-range radars. With its ability to detect, classify, track, and determine the location of enemy fire such as mortars, artillery, and rockets, this radar enhances soldier capabilities under attack.

• Enhanced soldier capabilities
• Detection and classification of enemy fire
• Improved reliability and weight savings

SPI played a key role in supporting the program's aggressive schedule by designing and building a complete system's worth of power supplies within 12 weeks. Our state-of-the-art patented technology cancels harmonic power line frequencies on the output ripple, eliminating the need for additional filters.

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Click here for more details about Lockheed Martin's Q-53 Program

Switching Power, Inc. is proud to have developed a custom power system for Saab's cutting-edge MK 9 Tracker Illuminator program in Syracuse, New York. The MK 9 Tracker Illuminator is a computer-operated fire-control system that provides automatic acquisition and tracking of designated targets, generates launcher and missile orders, and, in automatic mode, initiates firing commands when the target comes into range. Our power solution ensures reliable and precise operation, meeting the rigorous performance demands of this critical defense system.