Manhattan Scientifics Delivers Fuel Cell to US Army

Manhattan Scientifics Inc. (Los Alamos, NM) announced that it has delivered a 700 W NovArs prototype fuel cell system to the US Army under a contract received in the third quarter of last year. The contract was awarded as part of the Army's Communications- Electronics Command's (CECOM) competitive Foreign Technology Evaluation Program. Manhattan Scientifics' said the unit is being evaluated by CECOM with other units as a possible battery charger for tactical units.

Manhattan Scientifics' COO Jack Harrod said, "We are pleased that the Department of Defense is testing our NovArs fuel cell technology. It is too early to speculate on the long-term implications of this activity."