| TITLE: Ultralife Corporation Finishes First Among Battery Entries
in Wearable Power Competition; Fourth Overall
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| RELEASE DATE: 10/15/2008 |
CONTENT:
Demonstrates High-Capacity, Lightweight Solution with Li/CFx-MnO2 Technology
NEWARK, N.Y. – October 15, 2008 – Ultralife Corporation has been awarded fourth place in the "Wearable Power Competition," the Pentagon-sponsored contest recently held at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, California to invent the most lightweight and long-lasting power system worn by soldiers in the field. Out of nearly 170 teams competing, including those from universities and foreign-owned companies, Ultralife finished first among the battery-system entries with the only battery to pass both bench and field testing. Fuel-cell systems took the top three positions in the overall competition.
"This validates our continued and future commitments to wearable-power solutions with near-term commercialization potential," said Mark Matthews, Ultralife's VP of Sales. "Out of the top finishers, we feel our entry was proven to be the most reliable and wearable. The cell-technology advances and systems-integration experience gained from this competition, along with customer input, drive us further toward reaching the goals of future-soldier systems, which are to be lighter, faster, more reliable, technology driven, network capable, and able to operate for longer times with better equipment in extreme environments."
The system Ultralife designed for the competition used non-rechargeable Li/CFx-MnO2 (lithium carbon monofluoride – manganese dioxide) cells with safety-protection features. It included components to offer protection from external shorts, overload, and charging. The system had an integrated heat management structure and cooling system to keep the pack surface at ambient temperature. It was designed for light weight, as well as voltage, capacity, energy and temperature distribution (internal and pack surface) under the rules outlined by the Pentagon, which were to provide 20 watts of average electric power for 96 hours, meet brief peak-power demands of up to 200 watts, and weigh no more than 8.8 pounds.
The Ultralife wearable power pack tested at a specific energy of 560 Wh/kg, with a cell- level specific energy of 640 Wh/kg.
Photos for the product and application mentioned in this release are available at:
http://www.ultralifecorp.com/artwork.php?ID=General
About Ultralife Corporation
Ultralife Corporation (NASDAQ: ULBI), which began as a battery company, now serves its markets with products and services ranging from portable and standby power solutions to communications and electronics systems. Through its engineering and collaborative approach to problem solving, Ultralife serves government, defense and commercial customers across the globe.
Ultralife's family of brands includes: Ultralife Batteries, Stationary Power Services, RPS Power Systems, ABLE, McDowell Research and RedBlack Communications. Ultralife's operations are in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.ultralifecorp.com.
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CONTACT:
Technical:
Ultralife Corporation
Mark Matthews
315-332-7100
mmatthews@ulbi.com
MEDIA CONTACT:
Glen Silver
Ultralife
(315) 359-6340 – office
(315) 651-3099 – cell
gsilver@ulbi.com |
