Acknowledgements

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) Acquisition and Business Management wishes to acknowledge the team of experts responsible for developing this document and to express appreciation for their extensive contributions.

Program Sponsors
RADM G. H. Jenkins Jr. Ed Callaway	Director, ASN(RD&A)ABM Director, ASN(RD&A)ABM-PR
Executive Committee
Don Hornbeck, Chairman       Eric Grothues, Co-chairman      Doug Patterson            Mick Finn                      Tosh Oishi              Ed Smith	RANTEC Power Systems/Beck Associates ASN(RD&A)ABM Consultant, PATCON EG&G Technical Services, Inc. IIT Research Institute EG&G Technical Services, Inc.
Technical Contributors
Dick Blake      John Carroll         Patrick Casey              Don Hornbeck         Rick Lapp               Dwight Monteith         Tosh Oishi              Dave Prestel      Alex Rokhvarg       Bill Singleton     Tim Spotts     Toby Stecklein    Carlos Urdiales     Evan Vogel     Jack Wright	Transistor Devices, Inc. Transistor Devices, Inc. Southwest Research Institute RANTEC/Beck Associates American Avionic Technologies Corp. DOM Engineering IIT Research Institute Northrop Grumman Transistor Devices, Inc. Lockheed Martin Corporation Transistor Devices, Inc. Southwest Research Institute Southwest Research Institute Transistor Devices, Inc. Berkshire Associates

The Navy and contributing committee members dedicate this Power Supply guide to the late Willis J Willoughby, Jr., who was the Director of Product Integrity, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development andacquisition), prior to his retirement in 1995. The spirit of hisforesight, leadership and commitment to technical discipline andpower supply excellence were quidi tors in the deve ent this document.