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FORT BLISS, Texas - Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, evaluated the Flex-Fuel Man-Portable 1 kW generator during Network Integration Evaluation 14.1, here, Oct. 29.
The U.S. military mandates that all power systems operate on a common fuel, known as JP8. Small power systems have trouble burning such fuel, and the military has been looking for alternative fuels to power small generators that run on diesel, said Shailesh Shah in an interview with Defense News, August 2012.
Shah is a fuel-cell technology team lead at the Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center.
The U.S. Army is evaluating a new portable generator that can run on fuels such as diesel, ethanol and gasoline.
According to Sgt. Aric Irby, cavalry scout platoon team leader, 1st Bn., 35th Armor Regt., 2nd BCT, 1st AD, the Flex-Fuel Man-Portable generator allows his unit to charge batteries for their equipment in the field and decrease the frequency of their silhouette.
“For my job as a scout, we have to be quiet and hide. You can put this generator on quiet mode, and we can still hide and keep our silhouette small,” said Irby.
“We can set up in an outpost and be very quiet while charging batteries away from our vehicles.”
Irby also said the portable generator increases his platoon’s effectiveness because they don’t have to depend on another company to bring them charged batteries.
“Most people don’t think about it, but batteries are one of the most important things we need. We’ re such a high-technology Army. [The portable generator] helps us stay that way while we’re in the field,” said Irby.
NIE 14.1 is used to establish an integrated network, successfully test and evaluate capability solutions addressed by formal systems under test and systems under evaluation, to provide proper assessments and recommendations.
| Date Taken: | 10.29.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 11.15.2013 18:19 |
| Story ID: | 116849 |
| Location: | FORT BLISS, TEXAS, US |
| Hometown: | BENNETTSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
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