ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE NI-CD BATTERY FOR MISSILE APPLICATION

NICKEL/CADMIUM (NI-CD) BATTERIES HAVE FOUND EXTENSIVE APPLICATION IN MOST CURRENT AIRCRAFT AND MANY CURRENT MISSILES AND SPACECRAFT. FUTURE HIGH PERFORMANCE CRAFT PROGRAMS ARE SPECIFYING SUBSYSTEM WEIGHT REDUCTION GOALS AS HIGH AS 50 PERCENT WITH CONCURRENT INCREASES IN OPERABLE LIFE/RELIABILITY. BY INCORPORATING A CYANAMID NICKEL-COATED-GRAPHITE FIBER (NCG) TECHNOLOGY INTO A SEALED NI-CD HIGH PERFORMANCE BATTERY DESIGN WE EXPECT TO ATTAIN THSES GOALS. THE PROPOSED PROGRAM WILL DESIGN AND FABRICATE PRECISELY COMPARABLE NCG BATTERY ELECTRODES AND CURRENT TECHNOLOGY SINTERED NICKEL ELECTRODES. BOTH ELECTRODE TYPES WILL BE TESTED AS A FUNCTION OF TEMPERATURE, CYCLE NUMBER AND DISCHARGE RATE IN IDENTICAL TEST CELLS AND CONDITIONS. RELATIVE PERFORMANCE WILL BE CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED AND DOCUMENTED. BASED ON THESE DATA AND THE MANY OTHER ADVANTAGES OF THE CYANAMID NCG TECHNOLOGY OF CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR A NEW HIGH PERFORMANCE SEALED NI-CD BATTERY WILL BE GENERATED. THIS DESIGN WILL FORM THE THE BASIS OF A PHASE II PROGRAM THAT WILL DELIVER A TESTED PROTOTYPE.