DDGsi Class Land Based Engineering Site (LBES) - The Vision and the Value

摘要

While testing new Navy propulsion systems, including the first Marine Gas Turbines (MGT), is the role Naval Ship Systems Engineering Station (NAVSSES) was created to do, these test sites were never planned for life cycle testing and training. In the 1980s, the Navy recognized the need to maintain a facility for conducting life cycle engineering activities to support the complex gas turbine plants - propulsion and electrical generation and control systems in the fleet. Figure 1 presents the historical timeline of DDG 51 LBES from the 1985 to 2009. As discussed in reference 1, Program Executive Office (PEO) for Surface Ships (PEO SHIPS) determined this type of facility was required for the DDG-51 Program in order to provide: