Navitas Advanced Solutions Group LLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan, has been awarded an $8,903,376 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for scientific and technical reports and a prototype Lithium-Sulphur battery. This contract provides for the research and development of lithium sulfur energy storage. Work will be performed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 15, 2026. Fiscal 2021 and 2022 Space Force research and development funds are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, is the contracting activity (FA9453-22-C-0018).