UQM Products Power Surveillance Vehicle

UQM Technologies, Inc. is supplying motors and electronic controllers to General Dynamics Corp. for use on their hybrid electric Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Targeting Vehicle (RST-V). The UQM components include a permanent magnet motor and electronic controller that power and manage the operation of an engine compartment cooling fan and an electronic controller that manages the operation of power steering and fluid coolant pumps onboard the vehicle.

The RST-V is a 4 x 4 hybrid electric drive vehicle with reconnaissance, surveillance, targeting and C3I (command, control, communications and intelligence) capability coupled with integrated stealth and survivability features. “We are pleased that General Dynamics has expanded the content of UQM products in the upgraded RST-V,” said William G. Rankin, president and chief executive officer of Frederick, Colorado-based UQM Technologies.