Military, Aerospace & Government

	CIS Secure Computing "...Falcon Electric is one of the best suppliers we have worked with in some time. Their engineering support has been superb throughout the entire project..." John Turner, VP and General Manager
	Kirtland AFB "...the Falcon ED Series™ UPS is lightweight and compact, compared with the UPS we were getting from our previous supplier." Engineer

Overview:

Falcon Electric, Inc. is a registered contractor through the Department of Defense (DOD) Central Contractor Registration Program.  Our products are also available on GSA Schedule contract GS-07F-5344R, valid through September 2014 and NASA SEWP Contract.  To place an order, call Falcon at 800-842-6940 or email military@falconups.com.  You can also place an order for GSA products at GSA Advantage: https://www.gsaadvantage.gov/advgsa/advantage/main/start_page.do. To learn more about our reliable products and military applications, watch Falcon’s Military Video.

If your application requires commercial grade, highly reliable power conditioner, frequency converter or Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) products, look at Falcon Electric’s innovative and unique Mil COTS & Government products. Falcon Electric has either directly, or through its OEM customers, supplied line conditioning UPSes and frequency converters for use by the Military and Aerospace for over two decades. During that time, our products have earned a reputation for performance and reliability. Falcon supplies products to NASA, all branches of the United States Military, federal and state government agencies and law enforcement agencies.  We also provide direct engineering support and work closely with customers to assure on-time project completion.

In addition to a full line of regenerative On-line UPS products, Falcon has evolved its on-line technology into the next generation of UPSes, DC-AC Inverters and 50/60/400Hz Frequency and Phase Converters. Our patented, double-conversion UPS technology gives superior ride-through protection, while continuously regenerating a totally new sinewave power with ±3% voltage regulation. Through innovative engineering, the same technology has been applied to our frequency conversion, DC-AC inverter and voltage regulation products.
Please click here to access the Military COTS Selection Guide to determine the product that best meets your requirements. For access to other Falcon products, click on the On-line UPS and Frequency Converter product selection guides.

Topics:

Three-phase Load Balancing on Military Equipment
Single-phase Frequency Conversion
High Temperature Applications
Centralized UPS Management

Three-phase Load Balancing on Military Equipment

Phase imbalance on Military three-phase, 400Hz power systems can be a serious and difficult problem to resolve. The problem is created when single-phase equipment is connected to one or two of the individual three phases. Other three-phase equipment connected to the same power system may experience problems as a result. Phase imbalance can result in high or excessive third order harmonics, tripping of circuit breakers and destructive over-heating or single phasing of three-phase motors connected to the same power system.

The Falcon Electric ED Series Rackmount Frequency and Phase Converters provide the ideal solution for powering single-phase loads from a three-phase power source, while maintaining phase balance. These products have been designed to accept a 115/200Vac, three-phase input. The three-phase power is isolated and converted to DC, regulated, and fed into a PWM DC-AC inverter. The PWM DC-AC inverter creates low impedance, 120Vac single-phase output with a ±3% voltage regulation. The output frequency is independent of the input and may be set to 50Hz, 60Hz or 400Hz. The models may be ordered with internal battery backup or without. If ordered without internal batteries, the units have enough stored energy to provide more than 100 milliseconds of ride-through. A high temperature battery option is also available, and the internal electronics have been designed to operate in a 122ºF environment.

Single-phase Frequency Conversion

Falcon Electric offers several families of single-phase frequency conversion products in differing form factors. Many accept a 120Vac input, with a frequency of 47-420Hz, and have a 120Vac output that can be configured for a fixed frequency of 50Hz, 60Hz or 400Hz.  Models configured as frequency converters will have any existing line or emergency bypass functions disabled.

In addition to frequency conversion, the on-line technology provides the highest level of protection against a widest spectrum of power problems, including brownouts, low and high line voltages, transients, spikes and line noise. Most models can be supplied with extended battery packs for long term backup applications. A DC start option is available, allowing the units to operate solely from a suitable DC source.

Board-level products are available and ready for integration into OEM products. When our input power factor correction board is connected to our UVS board sets, a .97-.99 pf with an input current distortion of less than 3% is achievable. These systems are presently used in products throughout the Military.

The products have many years of field-proven reliability in harsh environments. The applications include 400Hz to 60Hz aircraft frequency conversion, mobile generator powered applications providing voltage and frequency stabilization, 60Hz AC power sources on DC powered rail cars, shipboard voltage and frequency regulation, portable and fixed base communications power sources and International frequency converters operating from wildly unstable third world power sources.

High Temperature Applications

The temperature extremes the UPS and connected instruments will be subjected to through their operational lives are of prime concern. The Uptime Institute, a leading computer center authority, states that for every 18 degrees Fahrenheit increase in temperature above 70 degrees Fahrenheit, the long–term reliability of a data center is reduced by 50%. The same is true for microprocessor-based equipment and UPS units. Unless the UPS or equipment has been specifically designed to operate in high temperature environments, temperatures above 88°F start to reduce reliability, and above 110°F, drastically reduce reliability. For instance, a typical UPS battery when maintained in a 77°F environment may have a service life of five years prior to replacement, but that life is reduced to one year or less when maintained at 122°F.

 -Product Solution:

Falcon offers the SSG and SSG-RP Series ultra-reliable on-line UPS for wide temperature applications ranging from -4 to +149°F.  Their electronics have been specifically designed to operate reliably through this extreme temperature range. This includes their batteries, which have been designed to operate beyond 150°F. However, they still need to be replaced every year if subjected to temperatures above 122°F. 

The SSG Series™ Industrial-Grade UPS is UL listed to operate from -4°F to 131°F (-20°C to 55°C).  The SSG-RP™ Series Ultra-Wide Temperature UPS is UL listed to operate from -22°F to 149°F ( -30°C to 65°C). The SSG-RP is designed for extreme temperature environments where other UPS products cannot be used.  All SSG products feature slide-out, hot-swappable batteries rated at 10 years at normal temperature and 4 years at 122° F—four times longer than typical UPS batteries.

Centralized UPS Management

Falcon Electric offers a full line of UPSs with true RS-232 communications and RS-232 client software supporting most MS Windows, Linux and UNIX platforms. We offer option cards supporting both dry contact and optically isolated signal interfaces. TCP-IP addressable USHA SNMP/HTTP interface cards are available that provide centralized management of the UPS over a LAN, WAN, Proprietary Networks and over the Internet. Shutdown client software is supplied that allows for the orderly shutdown of multiple servers or workstations over a network.

The USHA agent provides the convenience and cost benefits of centralized remote UPS management.  Whether you have ten Falcon units or ten thousand, they can all easily be managed and monitored from a single location on a single workstation. The latest SNMP v3 level security has been incorporated.  Both IPv4 and IPv6IP addressing and security are also supported.

SNMP/HTTP Remote Management Functions:

• Remote unattended UPS start up & shutdown
• Remotely programmable UPS start up & shutdown
• Remote utility power monitoring and reporting
• Remote UPS output monitoring and reporting
• UPS automatically sends a notification to specified IP addresses upon power
  events or UPS failure (traps)
• Remote setup of UPS network addressing
• Supports unique UPS and location naming
• Remote setup of UPS multi-level password support and all other security settings
• Uploadable JAVA Applet supporting graphical monitoring display
• Uploadable power event & power status history reports
• Remotely check UPS current battery status and suggested replacement date
• Remotely test the UPS and many other functions

SNMP/HTTP BROCHURE

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