Artillery Munitions Engineering Development
Abstract
This program in FY11 funds the following as a result of FY11-25PA: $1.0 million to develop an efficient way to safely destroy buried Insensitive High Explosive (IHE) munitions. With the increasing deployment of Insensitive Munitions (IM) explosives there is an immediate need to develop an efficient and reliable method of IM neutralization. Current procedures are expensive and expose the soldier to unnecessary risk as the amount of C4 used for disposal does not always succeed at neutralizing its target. The improved 66MM shaped charge will be designed to penetrate munitions walls and dispose of the IM explosive fill utilizing minimal C4. This is OCO funding. This is an acceleration of an FY 2012 requirement. $9.3 million to accelerate the development of prototypes, in-house testing, development engineering support, verification of hardware and software, and conduct warfighter demonstrations. This effort specifically includes Molecular Imprinted Polymers (MIPs) for explosive compound and explosive precursor detection, which are being used by Insurgents to make Homemade Explosives (HME), and Picatinny Optics Detection System (PODS). This is in direct support of JUONs CC-0325 and CC-0416 respectively. This is an acceleration of an FY 2012 requirement. This is OCO funding.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- AS5_0604802A_5_2040_PB_2013
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