SBIR/STTR Research Award
Safe, High-Power Battery for Sonobuoys
Award amount
$748,100Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- MAX POWER INC
- Proposal award date
- 2010-12-16
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- HFK8T7NPC9S8
- Solicitation number
- 2009.2
- Topic code
- N092-110
Research abstract
The Navy has established the need to replace the present high power sonobouy power source used in Air Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) Systems. Present technology for the ASW sonobouy battery utilizes a primary Lithium/SO2 battery chemistry which provides for up to 20, 10 second pulses drawing 5500 W of power at 65 V. The present system poses a safety concern arising from the venting of toxic fumes due to the excessive heat generated upon discharge. During Phase I, MaxPower had successfully demonstrated the feasibility of using a Vanadium Pentoxide (V2O5)/Lithium primary battery as a safe alternative for high power applications. The Phase II effort will focus on incorporating this technology into a standard size wrap cell as well as improving the long term high temperature storage stability of this chemistry through the use of various electrolyte additives.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Lithium Vanadium Pentoxide Reserve Battery for Missile Guidance Set for Minuteman III ICBM
- Lithium Vanadium Pentoxide Reserve Battery for MK21 Reentry Vehicle for Minuteman III ICBM
- Liquid Ammonia Reserve Batteries for Electronic Fuzing
- Safe High Performing Rechargeable Military Battery
- Long Endurance, High Power Battery
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Safe, High-Power Battery for Sonobuoys
- Safe, High-Power Battery for Sonobuoys
- Safe, High-Power Battery for Sonobuoys
Research funding history
48 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1997–2023). Reported award amounts total $22,243,131. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration