| TITLE: Ultralife Achieves Key Technology Milestone: A Hydrogen Fuel-cell Battery Charger with Rechargeable Fuel Supply—Just Add Water |
| RELEASE DATE: 10/01/2008 |
CONTENT:
Teaming with Lynntech, Inc. Advances Mission-Critical Battery Charger that Lowers Cost, Reduces Pollution, is Safe, Reliable, Efficient, Portable, Renewable
Newark, New York — October 1, 2008 — Ultralife Corporation, in association with Lynntech, Inc. and the Army's Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC), today announced the successful completion of a 12-month (Milestone 1) development effort and a scheduled (November) delivery of its prototype MRC-201 fuel-cell charger to the CERDEC facility at the Aberdeen Proving Ground located near Aberdeen, Maryland for further testing and evaluation.
The completed milestone and scheduled delivery of the MRC-201 signifies important progress towards providing the military a seamless power alternative to charging batteries in tactical missions when access to AC and DC power is either unavailable or impractical and the weight and cost of traditional military power sources such as generators and disposable batteries pose added concerns.
Designed as a complement to other renewable energy systems such as solar and wind power, the MRC-201 fuel-cell charger runs on cartridges that contain sodium borohydride which, when mixed with water, generate hydrogen which, when consumed by the fuel cell, generates electricity. The cartridges, once expended, can be reconstituted, in effect creating a renewable fuel resource.
Scheduled for live demonstrations at the AUSA 2008 Annual Meeting and Exposition on October 6-8 in Washington, D.C. and currently available for evaluation by select customers, the MRC-201 is packaged in a rugged, light-weight, low-profile Pelican™-style case for highly-mobile applications requiring easy transport.
"The MRC-201 fuel-cell battery charger demonstrates Ultralife's capability to master a new technology for a product that can meet the requirements of our customer base," said Mark Matthews, Ultralife Corporation Vice President of Sales. "Through technology innovation as demonstrated by the MRC-201, Ultralife continues to stay on the front lines of first-to-market portable power solutions."
Photos for the product and application mentioned in this release are available at:
http://www.ultralifecorp.com/artwork.php?ID=MRC-201
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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Glen Silver
Ultralife
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