Advanced Modular Power Systems was founded to continue development of AMTEC (Alkali Metal Thermal to Electric Conversion), AMPS traces its beginnings to the Ford Motor Company. There, working in the Scientific Research Laboratory, Drs. Neill Weber and Joseph Kummer invented both the AMTEC device and the sodium sulfur battery. Physicist Thomas Hunt (AMPS co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Scientist) worked with Dr. Weber to develop the concept at Ford, and ultimately formed AMPS with Robert Sievers and Robert Novak in order to commercialize this promising technology. AMPS holds exclusive license to the original Ford AMTEC patents and has since extended the technology, having currently been awarded seven patents, with other applications and patents pending. AMPS' team of engineers, scientists and other technical personnel contains the world's foremost experts on AMTEC technology, and has authored a large portion of the literature on the subject. The management team complements the technical staff with experience in growing technology-based companies. Today led by Hunt and Company President, Kirk Lignell, AMPS is working to complete development of AMTEC technology to power deep space missions for NASA, to develop portable and remote power units for DARPA and the US Air Force, and to establish manufacturing capabilities for future commercial applications such as remote telemetry power sources and micro-cogeneration.
