DOD aims to use industry day to improve battery supply chain

By Dan Schere / August 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
With a need to update key pieces of military equipment such as ships and drones with more powerful batteries and increase lethality, the Pentagon is using an industry day hosted earlier this month as a jumping-off point to field newer battery technologies more quickly. The Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command and the Navy's Operational Energy office co-hosted the event at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD on Aug. 13. The industry day was key in initiating a dialogue about how standardization can...

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