Enhanced Munitions Advanced Technology (previously Insensitive Munitions Advanced Technology)
Abstract
Enhanced Munitions Advanced Technology focuses on the following key areas: - High Performance Propulsion - develops technologies to improve weapon range and speed, rocket motors with Ammonium Perchlorate, with or without a metal fuel, for rockets and missiles launched from air, ground, and sea platforms as well as advanced air breathing systems. - Minimum Signature Rocket Propulsion (MSP) - focuses on the development and demonstration of technologies to improve MS rocket propellant formulations and ingredients, including synthesis, characterization and scale-up; case and packaging design; active and passive venting techniques; rocket motor case design; ignition systems; and thrust mitigation techniques. - Blast and Fragmentation Warheads (BFW) - focuses on the development and demonstration of technologies that when applied enhance the lethality of Blast/Fragmentation munitions. - Anti-Armor Warheads (AAW) - focuses on the development of explosive ingredients, explosives, and warhead technologies for improving performance of AAW munitions. - Gun Propulsion (GP) - focuses on the development and demonstration of technologies in the area of GP systems. The development and demonstration of gun propulsion technologies, when applied to munition systems, will improve the range and/or time to target of all gun launched munitions to include small/medium caliber, tank/mortar and large caliber propulsion systems. FY 2020 Accomplishments - Completed binder reformulation and scale up of a new propellant in a new nozzle system for a large diameter missile system. Demonstrated venting solution for medium sized rocket motor casing applicable to air-to-air missiles. Manufactured motors and conducted baseline testing for a large missile boost motor demonstration. Completed case design and motor geometry for reduced time to target for a surface-to-air system using an advanced composite rocket motor case. - Manufactured components and propellant, for assembly and prep for testing an extruded propellant to improve flight motor for air to ground small missile system. Completed hardware design and manufacture for small diameter rocket motor with minimum signature propellant. - Conducted analysis and optimized the energy management of a small diameter rocket motor system. Designed and began fabrication of components for new rocket motor design. - Conducted modelling and simulation on down-selected formulations and conducted functionality testing on indirect fire munitions to demonstrate improved performance. Conducted preliminary analysis for water pit testing to conduct lethality assessment on novel warhead design for indirect fire ammunition warhead. Began design and analysis for an optimized warhead with fragmentation features using additive manufacturing (AM). Conducted initial scale up preparations of novel warhead initiation booster material. - Conducted modeling and simulation of medium caliber ammunition warhead designs, optimized the design, and started warhead fabrication. - Scaled up and manufactured improved performance explosive, loaded formulations into warheads to conduct basic testing. Procured novel high explosive materials, manufactured samples, and prepared to conduct penetration tests on representative hardware. - Developed a novel ignition system and associated breech assembly for a longer-range gun system that enables a highly efficient ignition of the propelling charge. Developed a novel material cartridge case that enables an increase in efficiency of a gun propulsion system that exhibits the potential to increase projectile muzzle velocity.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- 673e37a932c1942edd93da692cbbb6ee