Naval AIM

GE and its partners secure a project award under the UK government’s Supply Chains for Net Zero initiative, part of the Driving the Electric Revolution challenge.GE Power Conversion will work on an innovative electrification solution for space-constrained, high power industrial applications.GE will work with partners Dynex Semiconductor, the University of Nottingham and the Warwick Manufacturing Group. 

The Type 45 Destroyer, Daring (or 'D') Class, is the UK Royal Navy's state-of-the-art air defense destroyer. The class not only provides a step change in military capability, but also truly represents a landmark in power and propulsion with GE’s integrated, full electric power and propulsion. Challenge   Enabling the backbone of naval air defense The Type 45 Anti-Air Warfare Destroyers will provide the back bone of the Royal Navy's air defenses for the first half of the 21st century, replacing the ageing Type 42.

This Wasp-class ship is crewed by more than 1,000 sailors and can embark more than 1,600 Marines. Makin Island’s mission is to transport and land ashore troops, materiel and supplies to support and sustain amphibious assault operations, including a substantial flight deck for fixed and rotor wing craft, so it has a broad range of power and propulsion demands.

GE's Power Conversion business supplies high power electrical propulsion system for the latest generation of naval destroyers.   Challenge   Futuristic generation of destroyers The DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer is the U.S. Navy's most advanced multi-mission destroyer, and the U.S. Navy’s first full electric propulsion ship.

With a GE Ship’s Electric Grid at 11 kV and >130 MVA, this is highly-efficient, flexible power and propulsion at scale.   Challenge

Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with GE Power Conversion.

The US Navy’s first full-electric power and propulsion surface combatant, the USS Zumwalt, has been delivered to the US Navy.The electric propulsion solution delivers efficiency, survivability, cost-of-ownership reductions, and system redundancy for enhanced vessel safety.

28 February – GE’s Power Conversion business and Hanwha Aerospace signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) whereby the parties will work together to bring electric propulsion solutions to the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy for its new, six-ship KDDX destroyer program.