The AKA Advanced Thruster Control and Protection (ATCAP) provides both predictable and favorable thruster behavior under normal and non-normal conditions.

The ATCAP approach to thruster stability takes advantage of combining the UPS, feeder, and thruster infrastructure control system to provide an all-encompassing to thruster operations in DP systems.

The UPS provides the required supply with heightened redundancies and tolerance. The feeder system offers protection logic for supply from the medium voltage switchboard. The thruster infrastructure controller engages these systems to help provide a seamless connection via health monitoring, pre-magnetization, and bus pre-charge. Together they form the ATCAP system which stands out against all other typical vessel thruster systems.

The ATCAP system contributes to thruster autonomy, reliability, and predictability. The predictable behavior is such that when a thruster is exposed to any event, it will perform as expected.