New MilCOTS Lab
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).
