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2. Rolls-Royce PWR - Wikipedia

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   Rolls-Royce Marine Power Operations at Derby was the centre for design and manufacture of the UK's submarine reactors, and remains so today. The Ministry of Defence 's Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment (NRTE) , at Dounreay , tested each reactor core design prior to its installation in nuclear submarines.

3. Type 214 submarine - Wikipedia

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   All electronic and weapon systems (including the C4I system) will be of Turkish production. [citation needed] On 1 July 2011, the 2 billion euros order for six U 214 submarine material packages placed with ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems by Turkey entered into force with receipt of the advance payment. This enabled ThyssenKrupp to begin executing ...

4. Scorpène-class submarine - Wikipedia

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   The French Module d'Energie Sous-Marine Autonome (MESMA) system is being offered by the French shipyard Naval Group for the Scorpène-class submarines. It is essentially a modified version of their nuclear propulsion system with heat being generated by ethanol and oxygen. The combustion of the ethanol and stored oxygen, at a pressure of 60 atm ...

5. Air-independent propulsion - Wikipedia

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   Most such systems generate electricity, which in turn drives an electric motor for propulsion or recharges the boat's batteries. The submarine's electrical system is also used for providing "hotel services"—ventilation, lighting, heating etc.—although this consumes a small amount of power compared to that required for propulsion.

6. Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program - Wikipedia

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   A new air conditioning system of greatly increased capacity was also installed. In service, these boats offered greatly improved underwater performance. Pomodon reached 17.8 knots (33.0 km/h; 20.5 mph) surfaced and 18.2 knots (33.7 km/h; 20.9 mph) submerged as compared to the previous performance of 20.25 knots (37.50 km/h; 23.30 mph) surfaced ...

7. Los Angeles-class submarine - Wikipedia

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   The AN/BQQ-5 system was replaced by the AN/BQQ-10 system. Acoustic Rapid Commercial Off-The-Shelf Insertion (A-RCI), designated AN/BQQ-10, is a four-phase program for transforming existing submarine sonar systems (AN/BSY-1, AN/BQQ-5, and AN/BQQ-6) from legacy systems to a more capable and flexible COTS/Open System Architecture (OSA) and also ...