Congressional Adds

Abstract

The Congressional add funding will be used to fund additional research for the Insensitive Munitions Advanced Development (IMAD) program for propulsion and ordnance projects in Maryland (MD), Virginia (VA) and California (CA). Most Navy munitions react violently when exposed to unplanned stimuli such as fire, shock and bullet or fragment impact, thus presenting a great hazard to ships, aircraft, and personnel. The Insensitive Munitions Advanced Development (IMAD) program will provide, validate, and transition technology to all new weapon developments and priority weapon systems and enable production of munitions insensitive to these stimuli with no reduction in combat performance. Insensitive Munitions (IM) is the Navy's focused effort on propellants, propulsion units, explosives, warheads, fuses, and pyrotechnics to reduce the severity of cook-off and bullet/fragment impact reactions, minimizing the probability for sympathetic detonation, both in normal storage and in use, increasing ship and platform survivability and satisfying performance and readiness requirements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2020
Source ID
9999_0603609N_4_1319_PB_2020

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  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering

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