mPhase Technologies Developing Battery for G-Force Activated Application

In a press release, mPhase Technologies (News - Alert), Inc. announced that it is in the preliminary discussions with a major prime contractor of military applications to potentially adapt its battery technology for G-force activated application.

mPhase Technologies recently signed a 3 year CRADA (Cooperative Research and Development Agreement) with the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center (ARDEC) at Picatinny, New Jersey.

“We believe we are making significant strides in establishing key partnerships for a broad development effort of batteries capable of being activated by G-force acceleration. Reliable and safe energy sources for providing power are essential to many new weapons systems, especially small munitions systems,” Ron Durando, president and chief executive officer at mPhase Technologies said in a press release.

“We are looking forward to establishing a significant collaboration effort with other prime military contractors,” Durando added.

In the past, mPhase has successfully tested a single-cell reserve battery with the U.S. Army, which was activated by a projectile launch event, fired out of a tank, at the Aberdeen (News - Alert) Proving Grounds in Maryland, in 2008. Since then, the Company has expanded its efforts to a multi-cell capability for non-G-force enabled applications such as memory backup and is improving this advanced design for critical G-force enabled munitions systems.

mPhase also said that it is seeking to expand its initial efforts with Picatinny Arsenal in developing applications of its Smart NanoBattery to provide power for smart munitions. Prior testing with Picatinny involved both simulations out of an air-gun and live testing of firing projectiles out of a tank, which is said to have indicated that the underlying nanostructure of the prototype power cell could withstand extreme shock if used in military applications.

mPhase Technologies is also launching a Smart Surface technology enabled by breakthroughs in nanotechnology, MEMS processing and micro fluidics. mPhase has pioneered its first Smart Surface enabled product, the mPhase Smart NanoBattery. In addition to the Smart Surface technology, mPhase recently introduced its first product, the mPower Emergency Illuminator, a product designed by Porsche Design Studio.

Earlier in January, TMC (News - Alert) reported that the design of a new automotive product created by mPhase has been refined with a major European automobile manufacturer.