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Article: Arotech's New Generation Zinc-Air Batteries Demonstrate the Feasibility to Extend Mission Times of NASA Micro Aerial Vehicles.
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- June 20, 2005
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AUBURN, Ala. -- Arotech Corporation (NasdaqNM: ARTX) announced today that its Electric Fuel subsidiary, successfully demonstrated its 4th generation zinc air technology in a NASA concept Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV). The novel zinc-air batteries delivered 33% more energy than the state of the art high performance lithium batteries.
The zinc-air battery prototype was developed for NASA under a contract received earlier this year, to achieve extended flight times for NASA's unmanned aerial vehicles.
"The achievement of longer mission times is critical for our unmanned aerial vehicle programs," said Mike Logan, head of the Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ...