Quantum Awarded Contract to Develop Aerospace Hydrogen and Oxygen Storage Systems

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. (Nasdaq: QTWW), today announced that it has been awarded a contract by Lockheed-Martin to develop a hydrogen and oxygen fuel storage module for a regenerative power supply system for space exploration. Utilizing its expertise in ultra-lightweight all-composite gaseous fuel storage, Quantum will develop a storage module with higher system weight efficiency than it has demonstrated in the past for Lockheed Martin. Additionally, the storage system will be designed to withstand the extreme conditions experienced on lunar surfaces. “This program will push the boundaries of storage technologies and advance Quantum’s core technology,” said Alan P. Niedzwiecki, President and CEO of Quantum. “Quantum will develop ultra-lightweight hydrogen and oxygen tanks well suited to meet the extreme temperature and light weight performance requirements of this program.” The first phase of the program is a one-year effort to design the hydrogen and oxygen tanks. Test tanks will be built to validate the design. Additional activities during the first year will be to design the storage module and test subscale tanks for leakage and permeation of the stored commodities. Later phases of the program may be awarded. Activities for these phases would include full validation of the tank design, […]

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