New generator shrinks power footprint.

• Author: Beidel, Eric
• Position: Defense Technology Newswire

* The military is constantly on the lookout for devices that can provide power to troops on the battlefield without weighing them down or creating a logistical nightmare.

Now a generator aimed at military and emergency response vehicles has been proven to produce up to 1,000 amps of power while the engine is running at a low-RPM level. And it comes in the size of a conventional alternator, rather than a component that is so large it has to be towed behind a vehicle.

ITT Corp. unveiled its CRUX (an acronym that stands for create, regulate, utilize, export) generator in September at the Defense and Security Equipment International trade show in London. A month before, it was used during a demonstration at the U.S. Marine Corps Experimental Forward Operating Base (ExFOB) tests in Twentynine Palms, Calif. The marines put the system through a series of tests in desert...