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Developing New Insensitive Munitions Packaging Solutions for Missile Defense

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Missile Defense Agency
Contract: W9113M-06-C-0129
Agency Tracking Number: 053-1598
Amount: $99,395.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: MDA05-002
Solicitation Number: 2005.3
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2005
Award Year: 2006
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2006-03-23
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2006-09-23
Small Business Information
11 Apollo Drive
Whippany, NJ 07981
United States
DUNS: 015334899
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Keith Olasin
 Project Engineer
 (973) 326-9920
 Keith.Olasin@mechsol.com
Business Contact
 William Marscher
Title: President/ Chief Technical Officer
Phone: (973) 326-9920
Email: Bill.Marscher@mechsol.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Driven partly by a succession of catastrophic accidents, the U.S. armed services began insensitive munitions (IM) technology development some time ago. However, most of these efforts to date, including new packaging technologies, have focused on tactical applications such as bombs, small missiles, and tank ammunition, and have effectively left the large solid-fueled rocket IM state-of-the-art dangerously far behind. Mechanical Solutions, Inc.'s (MSI) proposed project will develop a system of complimentary mechanical designs that will bring IM technology to large solid rocket motor (SRM) packaging. Generally the most common IM threat to large SRMs is unplanned thermal energy input from sources such as external fires or from the friction of penetrating bullets and projectiles, which can cause the propellant to auto-ignite. MSI's IM packaging system will consist of simple, reliable, shape memory alloy activated vents located strategically to eliminate confinement, a layer of light weight syntactic foam to provide substantial impact energy absorption and thermal insulation, an outer ballistic layer for additional high velocity fragment impact protection, and an internal solid lubricant transfer system to reduce friction heat energy if projectile penetration of the SRM occurs. These individual threat-optimized IM technologies will function together to create a comprehensive IM packaging system.

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