Herb Kohl: “I submitted amendment No. 3128 along with Senator Kennedy to allow the…”

On the recordOctober 2, 2007

I submitted amendment No. 3128 along with Senator Kennedy to allow the Navy to provide up to $2 million to DRS in Milwaukee, WI, for DDG51 Class Modernization, Hybrid Propulsion Permanent Magnet Drive System. This would give the Navy the flexibility to develop a hybrid drive system to increase fuel economy. Today the DDG51 uses gas turbines to power the propulsion system. Installing a hybrid system would allow an electric motor to drive the ship at low speed when the main turbine would be very inefficient. The project is expected to pay for itself in saved fuel costs in 3 years. This upgrade would be performed as the DDG51s underwent their 15-year midlife upgrade. While the work envisioned in this amendment would be done in Milwaukee, part of the work would also be done in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

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Herb Kohl

Democratic · Wisconsin

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Discussing an amendment for Navy modernization and hybrid propulsion systems.

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Herb Kohl: “I submitted amendment No. 3128 along with Senator Kennedy to allow the Navy to provide up to $2 million to DRS in…”

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