GE LM2500 Modernized Module with Lightweight Composite
GE Marine records that its light-weight LM2500 composite gas generator component as well as upgraded elements are currently totally licensed by the united state Navy after obtaining MIL-S-901D shock credentials.
Navy authorization was gotten after effective shock screening of the composite component as well as entry of an extensive analysis of modifications to the LM2500 system.
The UNITED STATE Navy as well as General Dynamics Bath Iron Works have actually accepted an Engineering Change Proposal for the LM2500 up-to-date composite component that indicates that its first application will certainly remain in the future USS Ted Stevens DDG 128, the 78th Arleigh Burke- course destroyer. The ship will certainly include 4 GE LM2500 aquatic gas generators as well as will certainly be built by Huntington Ingalls Industries.
Austal U.S.A. has actually adjusted the weight-saving composite room as well as will certainly currently include this brand-new component on Littoral Combat Ship 32 (the future USS Santa Barbara) as well as up.
“The Module Modernization Program or MMP was a four-year collaborative effort with the U.S. Navy, Bath Iron Works and GE,” stated GE’s Mike Reale, Acting Vice President, General Manager Marine Operations, Evendale,Ohio “All objectives were met, and in fact, a number were exceeded; the acoustic and thermal performance improvements compared to steel enclosures are striking.”
