Saft Batteries - Complete Autonomous Battery Solutions for Soldiers in the Field

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Saft is a global, multi-technology battery specialist. It leads the world as a provider of the complete autonomous power systems required by today’s sophisticated electronic battlefield equipment.

Battery Safety, Battery Reliability, Battery Durability, Battery Efficiency and lightweight

Whatever the specific military application, total battery reliability is always key

• during prolonged exposure to everything from artic cold to desert heat
• during missions and training exercises
• during transportation and operation

Saft uses sophisticated primary and rechargeable battery technologies to produce the best military battery systems for all military needs – lightweight, compact, robust, transportable and fully tested and field proven. Customised designs, to precise specifications, pull together power storage, electrical systems and chargers into autonomous units with easy operation.

Worldwide reputation

Major defence OEMs and armed forces worldwide, such as the French and German armies, UK MoD, Australian Defence Forces and the US Armed Forces rely on Saft batteries to deliver reliable, high performance, cost-effective and fully integrated power systems for:

• portable radio communications
• night vision and thermal imaging  
• target acquisition and firing systems
• satellite positioning systems
• computer encryption
• mine detection
• chemical agent monitoring
• memory back-up
• many other applications

Cutting Edge and Mature Battery Technologies

Every Saft military battery is purpose designed to meet the growing demand for more power, longer duration, greater ruggedness and total reliability without compromising soldier maneuverability and safety. Saft is able to achieve these goals by calling on a wide variety of cutting-edge and mature primary and rechargeable battery technologies such as:

Lithium systems (Li-SOCl_2, Li-SO_2,  Li-MnO_2, Li-ion)

For highly efficient, compact and transportable power. Saft maintenance-free Lithium products (such as the flagship BA 5590) operate even in extreme temperatures and provide high energy density at a low total cost of ownership.

Nickel systems (Ni-Cd, Ni-MH)

Robust, mature and proven to provide totally reliable service over a long life. A vast range of possible configurations enable electrical and operational criteria to be matched exactly, with minimal maintenance.

High performance Saft military batteries are optimized to deliver:

• high energy density
• long operating life
• high rate capability
• low weight
• instant power even after long storage
• versatility, so that the same batteries can be used in high and low temperatures
• long storage life for simplified logistics
• safety, with no toxic compounds or heavy metals and hermetically sealed
• reliability for security and survival

Total solutions: military batteries and tactical chargers

Saft’s rechargeable military batteries are complemented by intelligent, state-of-the-art, rugged battlefield chargers that ensure they deliver optimum performance throughout a long service life.

Saft mobile and tactical multi-chemistry chargers automatically recognize different battery types and can charge them simultaneously in extreme operating conditions

Worldwide capability

Saft has modern and highly efficient military battery manufacturing sites in Poitiers and Nersac (France), South Shields (UK), Budingen (Germany), Valdese and Cockeysville (USA) together with a well developed and highly experienced international sales and support infrastructure. This global footprint enables Saft to provide the fastest possible response in any location as military needs dictate.

Saft
12 rue Sadi Carnot
93170 Bagnolet
France
Tel: +33 1 49 93 19 18
Fax: +33 1 49 94 19 69

Battery Systems

• Saft wins major contract from DCN to supply its unique technology aluminium-silver oxide battery systems to power Black Shark heavyweight torpedoes »
  Saft has been awarded a major contract by DCN, the French naval defence group, to supply advanced battery systems based on its unique aluminium-silver oxide (Al-AgO) technology to power Black Shark heavyweight torpedoes.
  
  
• Saft Lithium-ion Battery System To Improve The Performances Of The French AUV REDERMOR »
  Saft has been awarded a contract by GESMA (Groupe d’Etudes Sous Marines de l’Atlantique) to develop a rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery system that will notably boost the performances and payload capacity of the experimental platform Redermor (Unmanned Underwater Vehicle).
  
  
• Saft Receives $1.4M Contract Under The Defense Acquisition »
  Battery developer’s lithium-ion technology selected to power SEAL Delivery Vehicles
  
  
• Raytheon Selects Saft Li-ion Rechargeable Batteries To Power U.S. Army TOW Missile System »
  Saft’s Li-ion batteries will power the surveillance, target acquisition and fire control system
  
  
• Saft Launches Highest Power Li-ion Batteries In The World »
  VLV range designed for military and civil applications requiring high peak power.
  
  
• Saft Supplies Lithium-ion Battery Power To BAE Systems’ Talisman Autonomous Underwater Vehicle »
  Li-ion batteries provide optimal performance and endurance for versatile new generation of defence vehicle.
  
  
• Saft Selected By BWT Lighting To Supply Li-ion Batteries For U.S. Coast Guard Ranger Lantern Units »
  Advanced Li-ion technology to power ocean buoys for U.S. Coast Guard
  
  

Lithium-Ion Batteries

• Advanced Submarine Maneuvering with Lithium-ion Batteries »
  Saft wins project with General Dynamics Electric Boat for Advanced Submarine Maneuvering Technology
  
  

Battery Systems

• Hybrid Electric Military Vehicles Powered By Lithium Ion Battery System »
  U.S. Army ManTech program helps Saft double power performance of lithium-ion cells while cutting costs by 50 percent
  
  

Lithium-Ion Batteries

• Lithium-ion Battery Technology for Hybrid Electric Military Vehicles »
  Saft awarded second order for lithium-ion technology from U.S. Army next-generation hybrid electric military vehicles
  
  
• Saft wins follow-on contract to supply advanced Li-ion batteries for the U.S. Army Future Combat Systems vehicles »
  Saft, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-end batteries for defense applications, was recently awarded a multi-year follow-on contract by BAE Systems’ for Future Combat Systems (FCS).
  
  
• Saft receives new lithium battery order from the Australian army. »
  Saft has received an AUD $3.5 million (approx. €2.1 million) order from the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation for BA-F300 lithium-sulfur dioxide batteries, with deliveries scheduled to begin later this year.
  
  
• Saft Li-ion battery system will power the new French Navy’s Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) »
  Saft Li-ion field- proven technology, will power the new “Guerre des Mines” demonstrator AUV during mine countermeasure missions.
  
  

Military Contracts

• Saft wins $170 million maximum contract with the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency. »
  Saft has been awarded a major multi-year contract by the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to supply the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps with BA5590 lithium sulfur dioxide (Li-SO2) batteries.