SBIR/STTR Research Award
MQ-9 Drop -in Replacement Li-ion Battery Technology
Award amount
$149,987Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- EIC LABORATORIES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2020-03-06
- Contract end date
- 2020-12-06
- UEI
- QXCJLSJ7NPC3
- Solicitation number
- 19.2
- Topic code
- AF192-047
Research abstract
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.
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.
- High Pulse Power and Safe LFP Li-Ion Battery Technologies
- SERS for rapid, on-site multicomponent analysis of water quality
- Creating SERS Sandwich Assays for Disease Diagnosis in Rural Areas
- Development of a Safer Lithium-ion (Li-ion) Battery for Naval Aircraft Applications Through Thermal Management Design
- Tailored Adhesives for High-Strain-Rate Applications
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
392 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $89,797,365. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency