Defence

Chemical agent detectors / Portable radio communication / Night vision and thermal imagers / Radar & target acquisition / Satellite positioning & navigation / Uninterruptible Power Supply systems / Unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) / Torches & lamps / Hybrid combat vehicles / Torpedoes / Submarines /  Underwater vehicles -Munitions and firing systems / Missiles / Directed energy 

Battery power can be a crucial factor in the success of a defence mission. Today’s mobile armed forces demand completely autonomous and reliable battery power for electronic battlefield equipment. Unmanned ground vehicles, missiles and torpedoes rely on sophisticated battery systems for propulsion and control to achieve their mission objectives. Large battery systems also deliver critical power for complex strategic defence installations.

Saft is the world's leading supplier of advanced battery systems for the most demanding defence applications on land, at sea and in the air.

Autonomous military battery systems

Saft is a global, multi-technology battery specialist. We lead the world as a single-source provider of primary and rechargeable autonomous military battery systems.

Major defence OEMs and armed forces worldwide – including the French and German armies, the UK MoD, Australian Defence Forces and the US Armed Forces – rely on Saft batteries to power:

• portable radio communications
• night vision goggles and thermal imagers
• chemical agent detectors
• radar and target acquisition systems
• munitions and firing systems
• submarines and underwater vehicles
• missiles, torpedoes and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs)
• directed-energy weapons
• hybrid electric powered combat vehicles
• aircraft
• UPS systems
• auxiliary generator starting
• satellite positioning and navigation
• torches and lamps. 

Chemical agent detectors Lithium technologies LS / LST / LSG (Li-SOCl2 batteries) LSH (Li-SOCl2 batteries) LO / G (Li-SO2 batteries) LM / M (Li-MnO2 batteries) MP (li-ion batteries) Small VL (li-ion batteries)	Portable radio communication Nickel technology: VH (Ni-MH batteries) Battery systems and chargers Military Li-ion battery packs Military Li-SOCl2 battery packs Military Li-SO2 battery packs Military Li-MnO2 battery packs Military chargers
Night vision & thermal imagers Lithium technology MP (Li-ion batteries) Small VL (Li-ion batteries) Battery systems and chargers Military Li-SOCL2 battery systems Military Li-SO2 battery systems Military Li-MnO2 battery systems Military li-ion battery systems	Radar & target acquisition Battery systems and chargers Military Li-SOCL2 battery systems Military Li-SO2 battery systems Military Li-MnO2 battery systems Military li-ion battery systems
Satellite positioning & navigation Lithium technologies MP (Li-ion batteries) Small VL (Li-ion batteries) Battery systems and chargers Li-SOCl2 military battery packs Li-SO2 military battery packs Li-MnO2 military battery packs	Underwater vehicles Lithium technology MP (Li-ion batteries) Small VL (Li-ion batteries) Large VLE (Li-ion batteries) Large VLP (Li-ion batteries) Large VLM (li-ion batteries)
Munitions and firing systems Lithium technologies LS (Li-SOCl2 batteries) LSH (Li-SOCl2 batteries) LO (Li-SO2 batteries) LM (Li-MnO2 batteries)	Missiles Lithium technology Li-ion batteries Nickel technology: Ni-Cd batteries Silver technology: Ag-Zn batteries
Direct energy Lithium technology Large VLV (Li-ion batteries) Large VLP (Li-ion batteries)	Submarines Lithium technology   Li-ion batteries
Uninterruptible Power Supply systems Nickel technologies SBM, SBH (Ni-Cd batteries) SPH (Ni-Cd batteries) Ultima SLM (Ni-Cd batteries) VT VNT (Ni-Cd batteries) VHT (Ni-MH batteries)	Unmanned ground vehicles Lithium technology MP (Li-ion batteries) Large VLE (Li-ion batteries) Large VLP (Li-ion batteries) Large VLM (li-ion batteries)
Torches & lamps Lithium technology LS/LST/LSG (Li-SOCl2 batteries) LSH (Li-SOCl2 batteries) LO/G (Li-SO2 batteries) LM/M (Li-MnO2 batteries) MP (Li-ion batteries) Small VL (Li-ion batteries) Nickel technologies VE (Ni-Cd batteries) VRE (Ni-Cd batteries) VH (Ni-MH batteries)	Hybrid combat vehicles Lithium technology Large VLE (Li-ion batteries) Large VLM (Li-ion batteries) Large VLP (Li-ion batteries) Large VLV (Li-ion batteries) Large VLFe (Li-ion batteries)
Torpedoes Lithium technology Li-ion batteries for exercise torpedoes Silver technologies Ag-Zn for exercice torpedoes Ag-Zn for combat torpedoes AgO-Al for torpedoes AgCl-Mg for torpedoes