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Importance
editEaglePicher is the leading of thermal battery systems to the Department of Defense. EaglePicher supplies the majority of the U.S. military's missile and precision guided munitions systems. EaglePicher's space heritage dates to the earliest days of the U.S. space program, when we powered the first U.S. satellite, Explorer I. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.134.170.162 (talk) 18:27, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
I listed Eagle Picher's importamce as top level because at one time it was second largest producer of lead and zinc products in the world and it was one of the substantive defendants in the asbestos litigation. --Bejnar (talk) 05:25, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
- Made it high importance, no longer top now, and class=C. --DThomsen8 (talk) 11:09, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
EaglePicher Timeline
edit- 1843-Founded in Cincinnati, OH
- 1874-Begins mining in the Joplin, MO region
- 1922-Becomes a battery manufacturer
- 1940-Powers Navy torpedoes
- 1958-Powers Explorer 1, first United States satellite in space
- 1960-Powers Atlas launch systems
- 1970-Provides power solutions for Apollo 13, assisting in the safe return
- 1976-Powers first Patriot missiles
- 1981-Powers the Columbia Space Shuttle launch
- 1990-Powers Javelin missile weapons system
- 1991-Powers first Tomahawk cruise missile
- 1998-Provides primary power for the International Space Station
- 2000-Acquires BlueStar Battery Systems, delivers first military aircraft lithium-ion battery for B-2 Stealth Bomber, develops FDA approved primary cell for implantable cardiac monitor
- 2002 Powers Atlas V launch systems
- 2003-Supplies power for the Mars rover
- 2004-Develops first human implanted lithium-ion battery
- 2007-Opens new lithium-ion facility in Joplin, MO
- 2012-Produces first human implantable leadless pacemaker battery
- 2014-Develops FDA approved lithium-ion cells for neurostimulators, acquires Yardney Technical Products, awarded Title III funding by Department of Defense for lithium-ion batteries, provides main power battery for Orion crew vehicle
- 2015 Awarded Navy Energy Storage System for HELIOS, rapid innovation funding awarded to develop Joint Strike Fighter battery
- 2017-Delivers high-energy laser prototype for Apache Helicopter, acquires Lithiumstart Incorporated
- 2018-Supplies high-power battery system for Navy Energy Magazine Laser
- 2019-Medical Power Research and Development labs and team established in East Greenwhich, RI, awarded Black Shark heavyweight torpedo program
- 2020-Powers Mars rover Perseverance
- 2021-Provides main power battery for Artemis program
- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.14.231.242 (talk) 20:48, 3 June 2020 (UTC)