SAN DIEGO — Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) engineer Dr. Dave Phillips has been selected as a winner of the 2015 Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC)
Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer for his development of the Solid-State Integrated Crowbar/Circuit Breaker System. Phillips will receive his award April 29 in Denver, Colorado.
The FLC Excellence Awards recognize laboratory employees who have accomplished outstanding work in the process of transferring a technology developed by a federal laboratory to the commercial marketplace. The new crowbar technology eliminates hazardous mercury from within the transmitter and vastly improves the reliability of shore-to-submarine communications, supporting the warfighter and national security.< p>
On April 8, 2014, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, Test & Evaluation Mary E. Lacey spoke before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on “Emerging Threats and Capabilities” about the value and positive results of investments in internal research and development efforts at Navy labs.
Specifically, Lacey said, “Once the Crowbar system is implemented, the Navy will save $20 million a year in energy and maintenance costs on that alone.”