Materials, Fabrication, and Assembly Technologies for Advanced MEMS-Based Safety and Arming Mechanisms for Projectile Munitions

Abstract

This paper outlines the U. S. Army's technical progress toward realizing a miniature, inexpensive, mass-producible micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)- based mechanical safety and arming (S&A) device with embedded compatible micro-scale firetrain for projectile munition fuzes. It illustrates the significant advances in MEMS S&A design simplification, MEMS metal fabrication, and automated micro-assembly technology. These advances have taken place since a June 2005 feasibility demonstration of MEMS S&A in a 20-mm high-explosive air-burst (HEAB) munition for the developmental Objective Individual Combat Weapon (OICW).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA481848

Entities

People

  • C. A. Sanchez
  • C. H. Robinson
  • G. L. Smith
  • J. F. Rasmussen
  • M. R. Gelak
  • R. H. Wood
  • T. Q. Hoang

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Electronics
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosive Trains
  • Explosives
  • Fabrication
  • High Explosives
  • Manufacturing
  • Mass Production
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Munitions
  • Projectiles
  • Weapons
  • X Rays

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems