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- Batteries incorporate Cadoux’s premiumHPA under extreme operating conditions
- Navitas batteries selected following successful qualification and testing
- Battery cells engineered for heavy duty performance in demanding operating conditions
- Cadoux to expand commercial adoption for premiumHPA applications
Cadoux (ASX:CCM) has achieved a major breakthrough with its supply of key material for a hypersonic test flight in the US conducted by Pluto Aerospace using AETC and Navitas developed batteries – part of the onboard management system of the rocket.
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The Navitas battery features Cadoux’s premiumHPA for the hypersonic test flight scheduled for the 18th August out of the Spaceport America rocket testing site in New Mexico.
Pluto will conduct a vertical launch flight test of one of their Dash rockets with Navitas batteries the power source for the rockets control management system.
The Navitas designed battery uses AETC’s complex additive formulas that incorporates primary and recycled materials and nanosized premiumHPA alumina. The latter is used to improve cell performance, safety and to prolong calendar life, especially at the temperature extremes required in specialty applications.
Using the combination of AETC’s additives and Cadoux’s premiumHPA, Navitas was able to achieve consistent, superior performance from their advanced lithium ion (Li-ion) battery.
MD, Roland Hill, said that for Cadoux the successful hypersonic test flight will represent a further major step in the qualification and commercial de-risking of premiumHPA and presents the opportunity to demonstrate its operating performance in an innovative engineering application.
“Cadoux is pleased to announce our participation in the demonstration of the hypersonic rocket to evaluate the reliability and performance of the Pluto rocket and to validate the innovative Navitas battery incorporating the advanced recycled materials and premiumHPA.
“The test flight program will demonstrate the battery’s technical capabilities and support future commercial implementation across many high- value application specific functions.”
Cadoux is focused on two key materials essential for global electrification – high purity alumina (HPA) and rare earth minerals which are key feedstock for rare earth magnets.
Both Cadoux’s HPA and ‘Minhub’ projects align strongly with Australia’s critical minerals policy by inducing new supply of essential critical minerals and creating value-adding, new sovereign supply chains for strategic minerals.
HPA is increasingly becoming a preferred input material for certain high-tech products, principally for its unique characteristics and chemical properties in high specification requirements.
CCM was steady at 2.3¢ with a Mkt cap of $10.51M prior to markets opening.
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