Survey of Power Source Options for a Compact Battery Charger for Soldier Applications

摘要

Typical Soldier power requirements are at the level of tens of watts of average power for missions that can last from 1 (present) to 3 (future) days. The Army's policy, going back almost to the dawn of wireless communication and extending to relatively recent times, has been to rely on primary batteries to supply those power needs for combat and 'realistic training' scenarios and to rely on rechargeable batteries mainly as a cost-savings measure for 'classroom' training.