DIU awards companies to prototype 'standard aviation batteries' in line with DOD's lithium battery strengthening initiative

By Georgina DiNardo / December 13, 2023 at 12:00 PM
The Defense Innovation Unit awarded contracts to five companies to prototype standard aviation batteries to combat energy source needs through the Defense Department's Family of Advanced Standard Batteries (FAStBat) project, which integrates commercially available lithium battery technologies across the Pentagon. The FAStBat project attempts to strengthen DOD’s energy supply chains, solve source dependency challenges and improve lithium battery life cycle through partnerships across the DOD and service branches that will implement commercial technology into DOD soldier-portable systems, ground vehicles and...

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