Raytheon Technology Today 2011 Issue 1

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ENGINEERING PROFILE Lindley Specht Senior Principal Engineering Fellow, IDS Lindley Specht has focused his career on discovering opportunities and innovating to help solve interesting customer problems. A 30-year Raytheon veteran, Specht continues to share his knowledge and expertise with all Raytheon businesses. “I have a relatively broad background that ranges from electrical engineering to chemistry, and continues to grow while I am at Raytheon,” Specht said. In his current assignment, Specht is responsible for the development of new technologies and capabilities for the warfighter. He is also the electro-optics and lasers technology champion for the company. Specht received Raytheon’s award for Excellence in Technology as well as the Thomas L. Phillips award for Excellence in Technology. He was a participant in the National Academy of Engineering second annual symposium on Frontiers in Science, and he was a member of the technical advisory committee for the University of Illinois Center for Compound Semiconductors. In addition, he was on the technical advisory committee for the Fundamentals of Infrared Detection Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative, sponsored by the Army Research Office. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry with very high honors from the University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. He also holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering, a doctorate in electrical engineering, and has completed all the requirements for a doctorate in physical chemistry, all from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Ill. Specht is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Chemical Society. He is also a qualified Raytheon Six Sigma Specialist. 6 2011 ISSUE 1 RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGY TODAY Feature Continued from page 5 Technologies, a company that has developed an innovative engine that converts heat from external combustion to electricity. Raytheon is integrating this technology as a replacement for batteries in long-endurance, long-range underwater vehicle applications. Energy Management We begin this series of articles with a system that illustrates the principles of energy management on a small scale. Raytheon’s ReGenerator is a self-contained hybrid power system that generates, stores and manages clean renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, designed for tactical use in remote locations. In fact, the ReGenerator has been deployed with the U.S. Marines in the Southwest United States, North Africa and Afghanistan. The article shows how the use of alternative energy along with intelligent energy command and control (IEC2) may considerably reduce a combat unit’s dependence on fossil fuels. This not only represents a cost savings, but it also reduces risk to warfighters by reducing the logistics footprint while providing reliable energy where and when it’s needed. The accompanying article discusses Raytheon’s intelligent power and energy management (IPEM) technology and explains how we employ it in development of our energy systems, such as the ReGenerator, to optimize efficiency and availability. A discussion of energy management must include energy storage. “The Role of Energy Storage in Intelligent Energy Systems” explains why energy storage is an important element of any energy system architecture, outlines general requirements, and identifies several technologies of interest along with their applications. The next two articles focus on the security risks associated with complex power grids. They discuss the complexities and challenges for managing risks in evolving smart grid concepts. “Cyber Risk Management in Electric Utility Smart Grids” discusses Raytheon’s collaboration with the University of Arizona, Tucson Electric Power, and several small-business partners to meet recently mandated regulations and guidelines for smart grid cybersecurity, architecture and Energy Overview infrastructure protection. “Cybersecurity for Microgrids” discusses our process and suite of modeling and evaluation tools used to assess the security of energy networks and to develop appropriate mitigation strategies. The last article in this series, “Standardizing the Smart Grid,” discusses Raytheon’s presence in the international energy standards community and our activities related to developing smart grid requirements and guidelines. The two key areas of standardization are interoperability and cybersecurity. Raytheon is represented on the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel sponsored by the National Institutes of Standards and Technology and the related series of task forces established by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) to address power systems, information technology and communications technology standards. Conservation In the “Leaders Corner,” Raytheon’s Integrated Defense Systems President Tom Kennedy provides examples of how our technology is being applied to reducing customers’ energy costs and how we are reducing our own energy footprint through our “Energy Citizen” program and “green” certified facilities. In “Meet a New Raytheon Leader,” Raytheon’s energy conservation and management measures are addressed by Luis Izquierdo, Raytheon’s vice president for corporate Operations in Engineering, Technology and Mission Assurance. In this Q&A, Izquierdo talks about his role and how it relates to energy conservation and management, Raytheon’s energy goals, and the key elements of Raytheon’s energy program. Summary We hope this issue provides you with a good perspective of the degree of focus and breadth of development that Raytheon is bringing to bear on the many energyrelated challenges. Energy is critical to our national security and Raytheon, as a systems and technology company, is using its resources to provide comprehensive solutions to meet our customers’ energy needs. • Lindley Specht
Building Tomorrow’s Energy Surety With Today’s Technologies Energy surety is an approach to an “ideal” energy system that, when fulfilled, enables the system to function properly while allowing it to resist stresses that could result in unacceptable losses. The attributes of the energy surety model include safety, security, reliability, recoverability and sustainability. Numerous existing and emerging electrical power generation and energy storage technologies may be employed to address the needs and objectives of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and other domestic and international customers. Maintaining energy surety throughout a system’s life cycle requires the identification, analysis and integration of the right energy technologies, while considering specific applications and environments. Raytheon accomplishes this by leveraging its expertise and resources in system architecture, design and integration; command and control; communications; cybersecurity; critical infrastructure protection; weather prediction; and modeling and simulation (M&S). Full Life-cycle Approach The system solution is developed and matured throughout the three primary stages Topology/ weather analysis Vulnerability analysis Concept Stage • Requirements derivation • Tech budgets • Gov’t mandates Cost benefit analysis Technology assessment Configuration trades in the energy solutions life cycle — concept, implementation and maintenance — as illustrated in Figure 1. During the concept stage, understanding the requirements, performing analysis of alternatives (AoA), cost benefit trades, and vulnerability analyses result in cost-effective solutions that meet user needs and are resilient to enemy attack. Early planning addresses the strategic concerns related to the architecture and deployment of a new initiative or mission and considers policy constraints, resource availability, personnel safety, target environment topology and weather characteristics, vulnerability and cost. AoA supports the planning process through rigorous trade-offs of operational approaches, technology configurations, cost-schedule-technology risks, and threats. Finally, architecture definition, modeling, simulation and systems analysis provide the foundation for design and implementation efforts and provide predictions of how — and how well — the system will operate once it is implemented. Some of these early analyses address the approach, effectiveness and costs of maintenance to ensure that the architecture and operational approach can Figure 1. The comprehensive system solution is matured throughout the energy solutions life cycle. EPA Deploy/install Design Feature be adequately supported and upgraded. This early total system analysis and architecture definition yields dividends during the implementation and maintenance stages by reducing the costs of operation, maintenance and upgrades. The implementation stage continues with detailed planning and design trade-offs that focus on installation performance, testability and supportability. Specific system and technology choices are made and a detailed deployment cost and schedule plan is created. All stakeholders are involved, and service-level agreement contracts are created and signed. System engineering, power systems design, supply chain and contracts management are critical during this and the maintenance stage. Proper analysis and selection in this phase reduces operational costs and improves system availability, enhancing energy surety and reducing the required frequency and cost of future upgrades. In the maintenance stage, the choices made during the concept and implementation stages are evaluated and evolved to support normal and peak operations. Power Implementation Stage Maintenance Stage Solution laydown Tech maturity and obsolescence Integrator Concept Integrator Baseline Integrator Contracts Procurement Cost and schedule Stakeholder coordination Maintenance Continued on page 8 Evaluate & Improve Plan Growth and upgrades Technology road map M&S/data from estimates and “as likes” Mature models through data gathering Cost benefit for planned upgrades $ Implement RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGY TODAY 2011 ISSUE 1 7
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