EIC LABORATORIES, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AF192-047
EIC LABORATORIES, INC. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $149,987
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- AF192-047
- Solicitation
- 19.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MA
- Period
- 2020-03-06 → 2020-12-06
Description
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) MQ-9 are essential assets for U.S. military and allied forces to observe events on a battlefield in real-time. Currently the MQ-9 uses Ni-Cd batteries that require relatively complex maintenance including discharge and recharge cycles that are keys to ensuring their health and functionality. Ni-Cd batteries reliability and maintainability have increased the maintenance cost and most importantly aircraft downtime. EIC is proposing to develop a safe, no-maintenance Li-ion battery as a drop-in replacement for the current Ni-Cd battery on the MQ-9.