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Air Force

Acumentrics Prepares New Rugged-Lite Uninterruptable Power Supply

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, December 13th, 2012

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Growing military power needs for advanced electronics require rugged, uninterruptable power supply (UPS) systems that can operate in harsh environments and Acumentrics is finding ways to keep critical systems on line in an affordable manner for budget constrained times, a company official said. For example, coming in 2013 is Acumentrics’ COTS Select, a rugged-lite commercial-off-the-shelf UPS to fill the niche between expensive, but highly-reliable, very rugged, UPS built for harsh environments, and lower cost COTS products that can have a…

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