Motorola Labs in Research Consortium Awarded $49 Million by U.S. Army for Fuel Cell Research

Business Wire, August 15, 2001

Business Editors

TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Aug. 15, 2001-Motorola Labs' (NYSE: MOT) researchers have been notified that a Power and Energy Alliance Consortium that they have formed with Honeywell International, Inc., Engines and Systems, SAIC, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and others has been awarded an eight-year, $49 million dollar cooperative agreement by the U.S. Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center (RMAC), RTP Division, on behalf of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. The program, called the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Collaborative Technology Alliances (CTA) Program is designed to stimulate scientific research.

Motorola Labs is at the forefront of research on miniature fuel cells that are being targeted as on-board battery chargers and may one day replace the traditional batteries for portable electronics, from cellular phones to laptop computers. Motorola Labs researchers have demonstrated a ceramics-based microfluidics structure that provides fuel processing and delivery as well as air supply to the fuel cell.

"Fuel cell research is becoming a very hot research area encompassing a wide range of technologies and applications," said Jerry Hallmark, manager of Motorola Labs' Energy Technology Lab. "This commitment of resources by the Army will help make alternative energy technologies a reality. We are delighted to have won this award and are excited about co-leading such a high caliber team."

Other consortium members include, United Defense, Rockwell Science Center, University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas at Austin, Tufts University, University of Maryland, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Illinois Institute of Technology, NuVant Systems, LLC, Prairie View A&M University, University of Puerto Rico, University of New Mexico, Case Western Reserve University, The Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Texas A&M University System, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, University of Minnesota, Clark Atlanta University, and Pennsylvania State University.

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) is a global leader in providing integrated communications and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in 2000 were $37.6 billion. Motorola Labs serves as the advanced research arm of the company, focusing on leading-edge technologies for future products and product enhancements. Motorola also actively licenses technologies developed in the Labs to external customers.