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Ultralife Receives $6 Million U.S. Army Order
Ultralife Batteries, Inc. received a $6 million order from the U.S. Army Communications
and Electronics Command (CECOM) for its BA-5372/U
military batteries.
NextGen II is CECOM’s five-year acquisition
strategy with production contracts awarded to
provide sufficient capacity of three types of
primary (non-rechargeable) lithium-manganese dioxide
batteries to the U.S. Army.
John D. Kavazanjian, Ultralife’s president
and chief executive officer, said, “We have
increased our production based on requests for
accelerated deliveries, and anticipate receiving
additional orders over the remaining life of the
contract through 2007 for the BA-5372.”
The BA-5372/U, BA-5367/U. and BA-5368/U comprise
the small cylindrical cell lithium manganese dioxide
battery group.
The BA-5372/U is used for memory backup primarily
for the AN/PRC-119 MANPACK Single Channel Ground
and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS), and in numerous
other applications, including encryption and cryptographic
devices and the Patriot Missile System.
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