Todd Hendrix

In recent years, there has been an increasing adoption of commercial components and subsystems within defense and aerospace sectors, encompassing land, sea, and air applications. This is as true for power conversion and delivery technologies as it is for semiconductors, passive components and electro-mechanical parts, all of which must meet the standards set by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). These standards are among the world’s most exacting and have been duplicated or referenced by many allied forces.

Historically, strict standards in defense and aerospace led OEMs to create specialized power solutions. Now, budget constraints are driving the use of commercial components and sub-systems. As a result, the global market for military-grade commercial power products (which includes high-efficiency AC-DC power supplies, isolated DC-DC board mounted power and non-isolated point-of-load converters) is expected to grow from USD 2.7 billion in 2023 to almost USD 3.7 billion by 20301.