First US government contract for Ruag Space targets power
Ruag Space in Switzerland is to develop a configurable Rapid Electronic Power Subsystem (Rapid EPS) for satellites which will dramatically cut the lead time and cost of the power subsystem.
这项工作始于由产品组营销和销售总监Niklas Boman主持的讨论，重点是确保该公司参与美国政府为防御目的创建弹性太空结构的倡议。
“This project is a decisive door opener for further projects with the U.S. Government,” said André Wall, CEO of parent company Ruag International.
Ruag Space is the leading supplier to the space industry in Europe with 1,300 staff in Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, Germany, USA and Finland developing and manufacturing products for satellites and launch vehicles.
快速EPS项目由太阳能阵列调节器演示器和太阳阵列翼演示器组成。两种产品将在佛罗里达州的泰特斯维尔组装和测试。关键是模块化设计，并使用汽车级COTS（商业现成）组件。
Electronic Power Subsystems are highly critical for the operation of satellites, and AFRL expects the Rapid EPS concept to deliver a “radical improvement compared to existing technological approaches,” said Dr. Robert Walters, lead of the AFRL Advanced Space Power program.
“This project is a great example for a collaboration across different product units and countries”, said Luis De León Chardel, Executive Vice President a.i. at Ruag Space. “With this technology development program, we are ultimately targeting a new EPS subsystem offering. Moving up in the value chain by strengthening RUAG Space’s subsystem portfolio offering is a key pillar of our strategy.”
The programme will be led by Kellenie Lopez, Senior Project Manager based in Denver, under Mike Allen, Director of Electronic Systems. The program will be supported from both Product Unit Mechanism in Zurich headed by Oliver Kunz with John Ransdell serving as Project Manager and Product Unit Interface Electronics in Tampere, Finland, lead by Timo Hänninen with Juha Kuitunen as Project Manager. Staff in Denver and Titusville, Florida will also provide engineering design and satellite manufacturing capability.
The Rapid EPS will be designed to enable rapid configuration and rapid delivery of systems in various sizes. A key part of the design is that it is cost effective enough to be used for satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) that may only be in use for a few years.
“The study will help RUAG to ascertain the exact degree of modularity achievable with the currently developed modular components for the Solar Array Wing and show the gaps for the future modular roadmap,” said Mathias Burkhalter, Team Leader of Systems Engineering at Product Unit Mechanism.
光伏阵列（PVA）将由Ruag财团合作伙伴Solaero Technologies位于新墨西哥州阿尔伯克基的Titusville设施来源。Ruag将在Titusville建立专业知识和技能，以未来为美国客户的完整太阳能阵列翼（SAW）的所需太阳能电池板和组装，集成和测试（AIT）制造。
The project builds on the development of previous power systems by Ruag.
“对于太阳能阵列调节器，该项目通过引入新的可配置性和灵活性来克服其他任务的局限性，以适应适应不断变化的航天器需求，并减少非经常性成本和交货时间，”产品单元接口电子产品的首席工程师HarriMyllymäki说。
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