CRG Defense is proud to be part of the flight of the XRQ-73, a hybrid-electric, unmanned experimental aircraft. This flight occurred at Edwards Air Force Base, California in April 2026 as part of DARPA’s Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration … Read more
CRG Defense, a U.S.-based manufacturer of advanced battery cells, packs, motors, and propulsion systems, is positioned to meet surging demand from defense and commercial drone manufacturers facing new federal sourcing restrictions. With the FCC’s December 2025 ban on foreign-produced UAS … Read more
As temperatures drop and winter operations intensify across the Northern Hemisphere, unmanned systems and soldier-worn electronics face a familiar threat: severe performance loss in the cold. Many legacy batteries struggle at temperatures below freezing, degrading flight time, limiting mission flexibility, and … Read more
CRG Defense has secured a $2 million U.S. Army contract to design and prototype a lightweight electric motor/generator system for hybrid-electric military vehicles. The effort supports a broader $17.25 million initiative to accelerate hybrid-electric propulsion technologies for next-generation ground and … Read more
CRG Defense announced today the full integration of its standalone brands AgilePower and Lectratek into the company’s Power Division, aligning advanced mobile energy and electric propulsion technologies under a unified mission to support U.S. national security, aerospace, and defense innovation. … Read more
CRG Defense, a leading provider of power generation equipment, announced today that they were selected by the Department of the Air Force and the Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) to respond to a validated operational … Read more
CRG has received notification of a $1.1 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a new type of battery that could make electric vehicles more affordable and efficient. This funding supports CRG’s work on a technology that … Read more
CRG has been awarded a $1.9 million Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) contract from AFWERX, aimed at advancing the development, testing, and certification of its groundbreaking Ballistic Conformal Battery (BCB). Engineered as a centralized, wearable power source, the BCB is designed … Read more
CRG is proud to be part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) X-prime program, SHEPARD, the XRQ-73. SHEPARD is an “X-prime” program, leveraging the series hybrid electric architecture and some of the component technologies from the earlier AFRL/IARPA … Read more