Are battery investments aimed at meeting the Department's largest battery demand needs?

“These investments are targeted at meeting the Department’s largest battery demand needs,” says Eric Shields, Senior Battery Advisor for Industrial Base Policy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment.

Why is the Defense Department relying on batteries?

The Defense Department depends on batteries to communicate, operate autonomous vehicles, power directed energy weapons and electrify warfighting platforms.

What is the future of battery storage?

Batteries account for 90% of the increase in storage in the Net Zero Emissions by 2050 (NZE) Scenario, rising 14-fold to 1 200 GW by 2030. This includes both utility-scale and behind-the-meter battery storage. Other storage technologies include pumped hydro, compressed air, flywheels and thermal storage.

What is Diu doing to standardize and aggregate battery demand?

Action plan to standardize and aggregate battery demand will The first step toward bringing the commercial market into defense batteries is currently underway with DIU's Jumpstart for Advanced Battery Standardization program that prototypes commercial batteries to electrify current and next-gen military platforms.

What does a battery security strategy mean for defense-critical supply chains?

The strategy fulfills the primary recommendation for improving battery security outlined in Securing Defense-Critical Supply Chains, DoD’s one-year response to Executive Order 14017.

Will stryten energy develop a common-use battery module?

Stryten Energy will prototype a common-use module between the Li6T ground vehicle battery and CASES aviation battery, thereby lowering production and assembly costs for preferred batteries across DOD service domains.