Ultralife Batteries Receives $6 Million US Army Battery Order

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Newark NY - Apr 28, 2004
Ultralife Batteries, Inc. has received an order valued at $6 million from the U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) for its BA-5372/U military batteries.

The order represents the sixth production release within a year, totaling over $16 million in releases under the $32 million NextGen II, 5-year Small Cylindrical Battery contract. Deliveries are expected to begin late this year and continue throughout 2005.

John D. Kavazanjian, Ultralife's president and chief executive officer, said, "The Next Gen II Small Cylindrical Battery contract has provided for a steady stream of orders for us since we received it in 2002.

We have increased our production based on requests for accelerated deliveries, and anticipate receiving additional orders over the remaining life of the contract through 2007 for the BA-5372 battery, which has been in very high demand."

NextGen II is CECOM's five-year acquisition strategy with production contracts awarded to provide three types of primary (non-rechargeable) lithium-manganese dioxide batteries to the U.S. Army.

The three battery types -- BA-5372/U, BA-5367/U and BA-5368/U -- comprise the Small Cylindrical Cell Lithium Manganese Dioxide Battery Group. A major objective of this five-year acquisition strategy is to establish and maintain a domestic production base of a sufficient capacity to timely meet peacetime demands and have the ability to surge quickly to meet deployment demands.

The BA-5372/U battery is used for memory backup primarily for the AN/PRC-119 MANPACK Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS), and in numerous other applications including encryption and cryptographic devices, and the Patriot Missile System.

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