History and the Status of Electric Ship Propulsion, Integrated Power Systems, and Future Trends in the U.S. Navy

While electric propulsion for warships has existed for nearly a century, it has only been since the end of the Cold War that modern integrated power systems have been developed and implemented on U.S. Navy warships. The principal enablers have been the products of research and development for rotating machines (generators and propulsion motors), power electronics (power conversion and motor drives...