The FAA has authority over the National Airspace System except in time of War.

Navy and Marine Corp Air Stations serve as the backbone for aviators and Aviation Wartime Training. Radar, NAVAIDS, Communications and Computer systems used to control, and identify the airspace where training takes place are not fault tolerant when subjected to large voltage transients.

All sensors and communication systems must operate at peak performance. Peak performance of Air Traffic Control (ATC) systems will ensure Air Controllers can perform their duties with whole system accuracy, and with the highest level of safety for the pilots and crews. A system down for any reason degrades the safety of the airspace for each and every pilot and crew. A lost item of electronic equipment cuts down on the (comfort zone), and increases risk for pilots and passengers.

Equipment performance and longevity can be severely degraded if the power source is taken for granted and accepted as satisfactory. These degradations to the power source can be defective grounding hardware (which can deteriorate over time), faulty internal wiring, loose bonding straps etc, all of which can and will affect the operation of equipment. Other causes are external in nature; i.e. lightning, power grid switching, shore power to generator power switching.

Power conditioning becomes a major consideration to achieve the highest level of accuracy and prevent loss of systems subjected to voltage anomalies. Electrical power distribution on a Navy and Marine Corp Air Station, or any FAA, Air Force, Army, and Coast Guard aviation facility, should be top priority when programming new facilities/equipment or back-fitting existing facilities.

Transient Voltage Surge Suppressors (TVSS) coupled with sound electrical practices can drastically increase equipment performance and longevity. Magney Grande Distribution, Inc. is the supplier of choice for TVSS to numerous Naval and Marine Corp Air Stations. The casualty reporting of electronic failures, where Magney Grande has supplied TVSS units, decreased and a significant reduction in repair costs has also been achieved. TVSS applied to your systems provide tremendous cost savings, and eliminate most of your power conditioning problems referred to as overvoltages, transients, surges, or spikes.

Magney Grande is committed to providing you with "exceptional service", assisting you with your power conditioning requirements, and providing what we consider the "best product" at "best value".

When it comes to remote monitoring sensor capability to provide you knowledge of what is current, or changes that have taken place in past performance of power, or most any other parameter you wish to be monitored, see Magney Grande first. We can meet your remote sensor needs.

These are some testimonials made by the Ground Electronics Maintenance Officers at Naval Air Stations:

"Magney Grande began installation of TVSS devices for NAS North Island and OLF Imperial Beach Air Traffic Control equipment suites in mid 1998. Throughout the design and installation phase, Magney Grande and its contractor exhibited the utmost concern for customer needs and satisfaction. The TVSS enclosure and its electrical characteristics makes it highly adaptable an unobtrusive to the host equipment. Since startup, shore power related service outages seems to be significantly reduced."

"In the late 1980's Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island experienced a storm where 40 UHF/VHF transmitter were lost due to transient voltage. Again in 1993, technicians were bringing an emergency generator online in storm condition II and an over-voltage condition initiated. Shore power was re-instated with no major equipment damage except two transient surge protectors, which were replaced under warranty.
In storm conditions, where winds exceed 20 knots main power is shifted to emergency generators. Previously common practice was to turn off sensitive equipment during power shift/transfer. With TVSS installation, systems are left online and no equipment has been lost due to transient or harmonic current complications.
With the sensitive technology we are encountering today it is paramount that attention be given to the power source in which makes it function. Power quality for the equipment should be foremost in the performance and stability we require of our equipment."