Anti-Armor Warheads (AAW)
Abstract
Anti-Armor Warheads (AAW) focuses on the development and demonstration of explosive ingredients, explosives, warhead and fuze technologies for improving IM of AAW munitions. The development of explosive ingredients, explosives and warhead and fuze technologies that, when applied to munitions, improve IM response to one or more threats, while not degrading the response to other IM threats and at minimum maintain munition performance. Technologies include but are not limited to new ingredient synthesis and characterization, initial formulation development, scale-up, warhead/charge configuration, venting techniques for both munitions and their containers, protection/packaging materials and systems, shock mitigation liners, and initiation devices, techniques, and technologies. Applications vary but include high performance warhead fills, booster explosives, and all other technology to mitigate the violent response of Anti-Armor Warhead munitions to IM threats. Munition operating conditions may be controlled or have widely varying environmental conditions, such as temperature and vibration, and other factors such as cost, availability, and reliability may be critically important depending on the intended munition application. The five, ten, and fifteen year goals of the AAW MATG are concentrated on solving the IM response of anti-armor warheads to the Fragment Impact and Slow Cook Off threats and a five year goal of solving Sympathetic Detonation threats, with a ten and fifteen year goal of resolving the IM response to the Shaped Charge Jet threat.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2014
- Source ID
- 07358cf68dc7b5be5cc5bdca72572042