News Archive
New MilCOTS Lab
09/01/2010
Earl Integrated Power & Controls (IPC) has undergone significant changes in our Fabrication Shop to accommodate a new MilCOTS (Military Commercial Off-the-Shelf) Lab. Beginning July, 2010 construction began on two new rooms for our MilCOTS Department: a large room for production (32’ X 40’) and a smaller room for storage (14’ X 17’), pictured below. Keith Hubble (MilCOTS Division Technical Program Manager) lead the design of the additions and a building contractor was hired to construct the new facilities. The production room will serve three basic functions: assembly and test of production hardware, a lab for prototype development and testing, and a customer demo area. The MilCOTS Lab will be ready in time for production of shipsets for the Data Distribution Center (DDC), Ventilation Control Panel (VCP), Ventilation Control Connection Enclosures, Variable Speed Drive (VSD), and Voice Terminal Box (VTB) for USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN78).
Fleet Maintenance & Modernization Symposium (FMMS) 2010
08/01/2010
The Tidewater Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) presents this annual Symposium (alternating between Tidewater and San Diego) to provide a forum for professional growth, business development, networking, and an open exchange of ideas of those who support the ships and craft of the US Navy and US Coast Guard. ASNE anticipates over 150 exhibits and 2,000 visitors in the exhibit hall for FMMS-10 being held at the Virginia Beach Convention Center in Virginia Beach, VA September 14-15. Earl Industries is proud to be a Gold Corporate Sponsor for this event. Earl IPC will be one of the exhibitors at the Symposium (Booths 716/717) highlighting our new MilCOTS Variable Speed Drive technology. Additionally, Earl Industries will host the Continental Breakfast on Day 2 of FMMS-10.
International WorkBoat Show
07/01/2010
Earl IPC will once again be an exhibitor at the International WorkBoat Show held in New Orleans in December, 2010. At the 2009 Show, our company highlighted the Bow Thruster Controls equipment and software we designed, manufactured and installed on the USNS WATSON Class (T-AKR 310). Also featured at the 2009 show were our MilCOTS products such as the Rockwell PLC Panel, developed for USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN78) Prototype Machinery Control. At this year’s show, Earl IPC will exhibit a Security System we designed, manufactured and installed on a Military Sealift Command (MSC) Container Ship MV LTC JOHN U. D. PAGE (T-AK 4543). We anticipate receiving a contract to provide the same system for her sister ship, MV SSG EDWARD A. CARTER, JR. (T-AK 4544). Earl IPC will also highlight our newly developed CVN78 Flexible Infrastructure HVAC Control System, via a large-scale HMI display. This sophisticated diagram will demonstrate each component of the MilCOTS equipment and how each component will interface with the System.