Millennium Cell Inc. (NASDAQ: MCEL), a leading developer of hydrogen battery technology, has been awarded Phase II funding to continue its program with the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Power Technology Office (APTO) and the Department of Defense (DoD) Fuel Cell Test and Evaluation Center (FCTec) operated by Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC).
In the second year of the program, Millennium Cell will develop an advanced solid borohydride fuel module for the 5kW system that was successfully demonstrated at FCTec during the program’s first phase. Millennium Cell will deliver the design and critical components of the module that will be constructed and tested by CTC personnel at FCTec. The DoD contracted with CTC to develop Common Core Power Production (C2P2) technology for the APTO by utilizing fuel cell systems as interchangeable power sources for military equipment. The solid fuel systems developed by Millennium Cell under this program will support the broad C2P2 initiatives of fielding affordable, integrated, reliable, zero-emissions, zero-grid military and civil aircraft service event capability for the U.S. military.
Millennium Cell develops hydrogen battery technology through a patented chemical process that safely stores and delivers hydrogen energy to power portable devices. The borohydride-based technology can be scaled to fit any application requiring high energy density for a long run time in a compact space.