Electric Fuel receives follow-on US Army CECOM order

The Defense and Safety Products Division of Electric Fuel Corporation announced today that it has received a follow-on contract from the US Army's Communications Electronics Command at Fort Monmouth for provision of advanced primary zinc-air battery packs.

The $250,000 contract calls for the delivery of 50 prototype battery packs this year. The batteries will be tested both in the laboratory and in actual Army field exercises. Electric Fuel also gave CECOM an option on 150 additional battery packs over the next 18 months for an additional $250,000. The first delivery of field exercise batteries is expected in May.

The battery packs, which will be produced at Electric Fuel's facility in Auburn, Alabama, will primarily be configured as 24V, 30Ah forward field chargers that will allow soldiers to significantly extend mission time by repeatedly field-charging the rechargeable batteries used in portable communication units. Some of the batteries are expected to be incorporated in hybrid power packs designed for use with the Land Warrior System, an integrated, modular soldier system that enhances the command and control, survivability, mobility, and sustainment capabilities of individual infantry soldiers and small infantry units.

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Electric Fuel receives follow-on US Army CECOM order