TEWKSBURY, Mass., June 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research has awarded a contract to Raytheon to develop next-generation phase-change cooling system technology.
Raytheon, in a news release, said the contract for the Advanced Naval Cooling System program for Navy electronics is worth up to $2.1 million if all contract options are exercised.
The program is expected to last 30 months and will be performed in two phases. Work will be performed at the company's Surveillance and Sensors Center in Sudbury, Mass.
"The ANCS program solves scientific and technical challenges that have prevented systems from taking advantage of the much higher performance enabled by two-phase cooling," Michael Del Checcio, vice president for engineering at Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems, said.
"This solution draws upon Raytheon's extensive experience in developing advanced thermal management technologies for high-power defense electronics."
Phase-change cooling systems remove heat from computer components to keep them within safe operating temperatures to guard against performance loss and damage.
