Defense Innovation Technology Challenge:
Technology Challenge III
Austin, TX, US
Saft America Inc.
Xcelion 6T™ Lithium-ion Battery
December
Saft Group: A large international presence
4,078
staff worldwide
Present in
18
countries around the world
14
manufacturing sites worldwide
~100 years of history
€678m revenue FY2014
Saft’s experience with 28V vehicle batteries
n  e6T battery developed to replace traditional 6T lead-acid
batteries on all military vehicles
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Li-ion chemistry, Nickel Cobalt Aluminum (NCA)
Fielded experience with USMC IBS and JLTV-EMD (150K vehicle test miles)
Many benefits compared to lead-acid but…
High cost and difficult to manufacture
n  Industrialization effort
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Began in 2013 to reduce cost and improve manufacturability
Change to Super-Phosphate® chemistry
n  Achieved goal to create a product that can achieve
widespread adoption on all current and future military vehicles
n  Strong value proposition
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Increased performance over lead-acid
Total Cost of Ownership reduction
Easy integration
Introducing Xcelion 6T™
n  Saft’s industrialized Lithium-ion 6T product for military vehicles
n  Drop-in replacement for lead-acid (Pb-acid) batteries
n  Meeting mission objectives for military vehicles
n  Reduces
life cycle cost over the current solution
>  High cycle capability – 14x the life of Pb-acid
n  Greater
power density and energy efficiency
>  Complex vehicles require higher power and more energy than Pb-acid chemistry can provide
n  Reduces
logistics burdens to store, transport, distribute and retrograde materials
>  Longer life = fewer replacements
One Xcelion 6T™ Li-ion
replaces 2 Pb-acid
batteries for a quarter
of the weight and half
the volume.
Saft Xcelion 6T™ battery
Flooded Pb-acid 12V batteries
Commercial Availability
n  Designed and developed at Saft expense, offered as a non-ITAR commercial offthe-shelf product
n  UN Transportation certified
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Allows for Air, Ground, and Sea transportation
Class 3480, Hazard Class 9
n  NATO Stock Number established: 6140-99-380-7294
n  NSN for the US is being pursued through various programs, not yet acquired
n  Current evaluations / applications (not complete list)
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Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)
Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV)
Thales Hawkei TWV
Abrams Tank
Weapons Systems
Transit Buses
Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV)
M113
Surveying equipment
Xcelion 6T™ Market Application
n  All New and Legacy Military Vehicles
Stryker – Combat Vehicle
JLTV – Tactical Vehicle
Hawkei – Tactical Vehicle
Bradley – Combat Vehicle
n  Xcelion 6T™ is a versatile 24V battery for endless applications
Railway Application
Transit Bus Application
Hybrid Gen-set Application
Value Proposition Overview
Availability / Lead-time
n  Availability
n  Taking orders now
n  1,000 units worth of material
n  100 units of production to be
n  Production
ordered / inventoried
completed in January for existing order
ramp-up planned in 1Q16 in support of multiple programs
n  Lead-time
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weeks standard LT for administrative requirements
n  Please let us know if you have a need for a versatile, field
proven 24V li-ion battery….. Saft can deliver!
Thank You!
Jeff Helm
Defense Sales Manager
jeff.helm@saftamerica.com
Phone: 443-798-8166
SAFT America
Space and Defense Division
107 Beaver Court
Cockeysville, MD 21030