• Lithium Ion batteries with BMLMP cathode has been delivered to Maritime Tactical Systems (‘MARTAC’).
  • Each battery is 20KW power rating and is to be used in commercial Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) for demonstration and testing purposes.
  • Extreme condition test program would further prove C4V’s battery compatibility in diverse applications.

 

MANTAS T12 heading out on an Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) mission.

Binghamton, NY, May 13, 2019– Charge CCCV (C4V), today, delivered batteries to Maritime Tactical Systems, Inc., of Florida for use in extreme environment mission-critical maritime applications.

C4V and MARTAC collaborated for the last 15 months to fully demonstrate the efficacy of C4V’s  major advancement in high-performance battery cells. MARTAC conducted critical test protocols to qualify C4V cells designed for harsh environment and extreme load applications. Upon successful completion in 2018, C4V was given the opportunity to supply batteries to be integrated into MARTAC’s fully autonomous high-end maritime vessels. 

C4V’s cells were built in prismatic form factor with its patented BM-LMP Cathode formulation and were delivered to MARTAC as fully-functioning battery packs configured for drop-in replacement.  For ease of transition into full-scale commercial production, these prismatic cells built were of the exact same size that iM3 New York will  produce in Endicott, New York Giga Factory. 

C4V works closely with end users to qualify technology and products that provide customers with a high level of confidence  so that commercial supply agreements can  be smoothly and effectively crafted. 

MARTAC has entered into a commercial supply agreement with iM3 which clearly defines the cost and supply terms of batteries to be used in their maritime boats. MARTAC’s demand for batteries  is planned to be several hundred MWh  over the next 5 years.

MARTAC and C4V team showcasing BMLMP based batteries supplied to MARTAC for commercial demonstration of Autonomous Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs). 

MARTAC CEO, Bruce Hanson said, “The objective is to deliver reliable and innovative unmanned products and systems to our military, security, commercial, scientific markets and customers. We develop these systems to provide solutions focused on solving real-world problems in challenging environments where manned or other unmanned systems have limited operational capability. These extreme weather challenges require robust propulsion systems and batteries. We are very glad that one such technology exists with C4V batteries. Our early tests in 2018 provided very positive performance results and now we are moving forward with commercial scale demonstration and test programs.  

C4V President, Dr Shailesh Upreti said, “We are very excited about the development made by taking our technology from lab to system level validation with commercial designs. C4V has taken a commercial approach to develop material and design for products including its BMLMP Chemistry. By successfully delivering batteries to MARTAC we have demonstrated the drop-in nature of our technology that facilitates uninterrupted adoption on existing manufacturing plants. For every single component used in these batteries we received supply from well-established supply chain partners. While the battery industry can typically take  several years and sometimes up to a decade to bring new technologies on-stream and to market, C4V has minimized this costly time gap by de-risking various hurdles both  upstream as well as downstream”.

Battery pack designed for MARTAC by C4V team for Autonomous vehicle applications. Same design being tested by C4V with OEMs for the Electric Vehicle application as well.

About C4V:C4V™ is an intellectual property company based in Binghamton, New York with expertise and patented discoveries in Lithium-Ion battery composition and manufacture.  C4V leverages its expertise in materials science, electrode design, process development and deep roots into the supply chain to create next-generation energy storage solutions that can be seamlessly integrated into current cell manufacturing infrastructures. C4V is currently involved in multiple GWh projects as a technology partner and aims to bring its products on line in high volume (GWh) quantities in 2020. 

About MARTAC: MARTAC is an innovative provider of the MANTAS line of Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV) for military, security, commercial and scientific missions and markets. MANTAS integrate with a wide array of sensors and communication technologies. They operate in diverse maritime environments where other manned and unmanned systems can not. MANTAS is scalable in sizes from 6 to 50 feet. MARTAC’s team possesses thousands of hours of Unmanned Vehicle experience.  It has been proven in many military missions and commercial markets and its MANTAS has received glowing reviews and orders from commercial and military customers. MARTAC is headquartered in Melbourne, FL with Satellite offices in Binghamton, NY, San Diego, CA and Apex, NC.

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