Southwire's high-temperature superconducting cable, HTS Triax®, is about to make its national television debut.
A new documentary produced by the National Geographic Channel provides a glimpse of cutting-edge technologies being designed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and various partners to combat and deter terrorist attacks within America's borders. Hi-Tech War on Terror is scheduled to air Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 10 p.m.
From military weapons labs to seaport and airspace command centers, the hour-long documentary includes footage from facilities across the country. Viewers get a first-hand look at new technologies designed to protect airliners from explosions, create a high-altitude missile detection system, add security sensors to shipping containers, build an electrical grid using superconducting cables and scan people from a distance to determine if they have malicious intentions.
"This is really cutting-edge stuff. This is brand-new science," said James Cohen, Department of Homeland Security under secretary. "We're going for the big gain. If we fail, we've learned in the process. But if we're successful, it's a game-changer."
While it is cutting-edge, Southwire's high-temperature superconducting (HTS) cable is not a brand new or unproven technology. The company began working on superconducting cables in the early 1990s and is about to mark two and a half years since one of its HTS cables was installed in a working substation near Columbus, Ohio.
According to President of the Southwire Energy Division, Charlie Murrah, "The success of HTS Triax superconducting cable operations at AEP in Ohio is helping Southwire leverage our experience to win new projects across the United States. We continue to provide innovative solutions, like HTS Triax, to solve our customers' most challenging problems."
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