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Amprius Wins Up to $75 Million From the Pentagon to Convert an EV Battery Line to Drone Cells
The IBAS award funds a retrofit expected to produce 12 million NDAA-compliant cells a year by early 2028, in a project costing roughly $100 million in total.
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By Marcus Elrod
Sep 28, 2026 · 5 min read
Amprius Technologies said Monday it has been awarded $75 million from the U.S. Department of War through the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment program to convert an existing domestic electric-vehicle battery production line into a line making high-energy-density cells for military drones.
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Marcus Elrod
Marcus tracks positioning, flows and rates. He writes CI's weekly market internals column.
Marcus Elrod writes for Corporate Insider Inc.