Galvion

FUELED BY A SINGULAR OBJECTIVE: ENHANCE SURVIVABILITY

Galvion’s Batlskin® head systems are built with the complexity of modern-day operations in mind. The innovations that drive our protective solutions are fueled by a singular objective: to enhance survivability.

Modern protection systems must be reliable and strong, but that isn’t enough anymore. Agility, mobility, flexibility and integration are paramount for soldiers and tactical personnel facing life-or-death scenarios. Galvion started a revolution with our polyethylene helmets—engineering ballistic head protection with lower weight and superior protective qualities, and we’ve been leading the industry ever since.

Since our founding in 2001, we have consistently expanded our competencies, developed new products and moved into new markets through forward-thinking acquisitions, investment in our people, our facilities and our equipment, and by imagining what others have not. At Galvion, we embrace an entrepreneurial mindset and foster the flexibility of a ‘small’ company, while amassing the capabilities, deep market knowledge, user insights and understandings of a much larger company. This unique balance is what drives us to go beyond the obvious in order to provide innovative solutions that empower the missions of our end users. It is also what makes us a trusted development partner for military, government, industry and academia alike.

THOUGHT LEADERS, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, AND SCIENTIFIC EXPLORERS

Innovation is in our DNA; it’s the foundation of our growth strategy. Our Research & Development team includes industry experts from a wide range of fields and pursuits, including physics, chemistry, advanced materials research, aerospace, ballistics, polymer chemistry, mechanical engineering, advanced laser research, industrial machine design, lean manufacturing and composite manufacturing. Our scientists have published hundreds of research papers; our thought leaders and subject matter experts moderate, present and participate in conferences regularly; we hold hundreds of patents and the weight of this history, expertise and knowledge is behind each new project we partner on, every program we win and deliver and any new product that Galvion develops.

FORWARD-THINKING SOLUTIONS FOR THE MODERN BATTLEFIELD

The weight and complexity of powering soldiers on the modern battlefield is something that we think about a lot at Galvion. In order to increase situational awareness, operators today are part of a mobile network of users and platforms – radios, NVGs, GPS, smart phones, laptops, drones – and although these devices have become more efficient, there are a greater number of them required during demanding operations. Along with that comes the associated challenge of powering all of these devices with multiple and numerous batteries, across long distances and for extended durations. Our Nerv Centr® power supply and management suite of products addresses the increasing need to store, deliver, harvest and share power in order to significantly reduce the physical weight that operators face on the wired battlefront.

LARGE-SCALE VEHICULAR POWER PLATFORMS

The combat vehicles of today are more like ground-based fast jets than the traditional steel box-like combat vehicles of the past. Packed full of sensors, advanced communication systems, active protection systems, electric power and specialized lethality systems, they demand more instantaneous and sustained power than ever before. The objective today is silent operation of these systems in order to increase battlefield survivability; the future aspiration is to also have silent mobility in the last “tactical half mile”.

Lead-acid batteries and legacy power management systems simply cannot support these ever-increasing number of on-board systems and silent watch capabilities, forcing operators to continuously idle the main engine of the vehicle for sustained power. This compromises the stealth of the vehicle on the battlefield and increases the vehicle’s thermal and acoustic signatures, as well as increasing fuel consumption and adding logistical burden on the mission.

Galvion’s Symbasys™ power team has extensive experience working with power programs of record for military ground vehicles, the Joint Strike Fighter Ground Power Unit (GPU), F-18 power systems, and military communications towers and infrastructure, providing us with a unique set of understandings and capabilities in the platform power field. Learnings from the programs have informed the development of our best-in-class silent watch battery system.