SBIR/STTR Research Award
Advanced Lithium Extraction (ALE): Unlocking Domestic Supply Chains to Secure USAF Operations
Award amount
$74,980Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- LITHIOS INC
- Proposal award date
- 2024-06-27
- Contract end date
- 2024-09-27
- UEI
- GYN9SMCBQMH7
- Solicitation number
- X24.5
- Topic code
- AFX245-PCSO1
Research abstract
Lithios is developing Advanced Lithium Extraction (ALE), a new and disruptive electrochemical technology for lithium extraction from untapped, low-grade brine resources. Lithios’s ALE technology promises to produce lithium efficiently and sustainably with the ultimate goal of transforming the U.S. from a net lithium importer to a net exporter. Lithios unlocks >85% of known lithium brines vs the 20% high-grade deposits accessible today. The Objective of this Phase I project is to acquire an MOU from a relevant Air Force Customer and End-User.
Technology keywords
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