teaming with Trident Systems in Virginia to pursue opportunities to leverage MTI Micro's consumer market platform into low-power military markets. The teaming opportunities include demonstrations of unattended ground sensor prototypes powered by Mobion, and evaluations and potential submissions of proposals for military programs.
Unattended sensors are power-hungry devices often situated in remote strategic locations where changing batteries may not be ideal. MTI Micro will work with Trident, a leader in the development of unattended ground sensors, to determine and evaluate the use and integration of Mobion technology into Trident's sensors to create a long-lasting, unattended ground sensor product. Mobion-powered sensors could offer the military longer device use time, uninterrupted intelligence data, less dangerous missions, and lower costs as a result of less frequent battery replacements.
'The small form-factor MTI Micro's Mobion micro fuel cell, initially designed for handheld consumer devices, is an emerging high-density power supply that can further extend mission time for our unattended ground sensors,' says Walter Pullar, vice president for Trident's Networks & Sensors Division.
'MTI Micro is committed to leveraging its consumer program to a selected number of sensor applications in the military market,' adds Peng Lim, CEO of MTI. 'We consider the opportunity to provide next-generation power sources for such applications to be a great fit for our Mobion technology.'
This additional agreement with an OEM for low-power products follows MTI Micro's continuing collaboration covering cell phone and cell phone accessories with its Korean partner and an agreement with DaeHong, its Korean representative. MTI Micro expects to begin shipping products in the consumer market in 2009.