The U.S. Army Safeload Explosives Safety Program

Abstract

The Safeload Program is designed to provide soldier-ready solutions that minimize existing explosive hazards and risks. The Safeload Program replaces a program called Quickload, which was started in 1984 to provide interim solutions to unsafe storage of basic loads of ammunition in ammunition holding areas in South Korea. While Quickload primarily focused on Korea, and secondarily on Europe, the Safeload Program addresses explosives safety problems in all theaters. Safeload solutions can be divided into two distinct categories: propagation control solutions and improvements to explosives safety technology. The program is an important part of the ammunition logistics objective: getting ammunition to the soldier. Explosives safety regulations tend to become a constraint to an organization's capability. By finding ways to remove these hurdles, Safeload increases an organization's flexibility, productivity, efficiency, effectiveness and safety.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA507028

Entities

People

  • Robert A. Rossi
  • Thomas M. Tobin

Organizations

  • Picatinny Arsenal

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Ammunition
  • Artillery
  • Artillery Ammunition
  • Combat Forces
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • High Explosives
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Logistics
  • Materials
  • Munitions
  • Periodicals
  • Propellants
  • Standards
  • Tank Ammunition
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering