The objective of the joint venture is to set up production of custom solar products such as solar chargers, solar water purifiers etc. for military and other government clients.

The company said that using the SOS technology in this manner gives immediate value to the technology as it will generate revenue and prove the functionality of the technology.

TransAct CEO Rod Bartlett said that although the company is focused on sustainable power generation projects, with solar power being part of that matrix, it sees the opportunity to put the solar technology to work immediately on a smaller scale as a real positive step.

"Having the technology being used in a portable manner for power charging demonstrates how robust we believe this technology is," Bartlett said.