Exide Technologies company GNB Industrial Power has received a delivery order from the USN to provide additional stationary backup power battery banks for Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarines.
The order is part of a five-year contract, awarded to Exide by the DoD, to provide main storage lead-acid batteries for USN submarines.
GNB is providing its Absolyte VRLA batteries and will begin deliveries in late 2020, completing them in mid-2021.
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