Millennium Cell Awarded U.S. Army Contract
Millennium Cell Inc. (NASDAQ: MCEL) has been awarded a $730,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Program (“SBIR”) contract by the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (“TACOM”). Under this two year program, the Company and its subcontractor ReliOn, a Spokane, WA based fuel cell manufacturer, will develop a fully modular 500 watt power system with the ability to use available field water with a variety of impurities. The power system will combine Millennium Cell’s Hydrogen on Demand technology and ReliOn’s Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell to create a 500 watt hydrogen battery. The completed system will be evaluated by Selfridge Air National Guard Base and have the capability to support a number of military uses including silent watch power, Improvised Explosive Device (IED) countermeasure systems, battery charging, and critical backup power for telecom as well as communications equipment for air traffic control. The Company will explore potential commercial applications for the modular hydrogen storage system as well. The standardized 500 watt hydrogen storage modules will be designed to run in parallel or in series with a modular fuel cell to reach power ranges of up to 5kW and can provide for extended run times for applications as needed […]