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Self-Powered Incapacitator

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W15QKN-05-C-1216
Agency Tracking Number: A043-004-0549
Amount: $119,986.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: A04-004
Solicitation Number: 2004.3
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2004
Award Year: 2005
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2005-01-21
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2005-07-21
Small Business Information
Photonic Systems Division, 20600 Gramercy Place, B
Torrance, CA 90501
United States
DUNS: 153865951
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Michael Reznikov
 Group Leader, Sensor Systems
 (310) 320-3088
 sutama@poc.com
Business Contact
 Gordon Drew
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Phone: (310) 320-3088
Email: gdrew@poc.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

U.S. Army needs a projectile technology that deliver electrical energy to the target for quick, nonlethal, incapacitation at distances from 6 to 80 m. Such a device should be self-contained and not tethered to a conventional launching platform such as a 40 mm M203 grenade launcher or a 12 gauge shotgun. To address this need, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a novel Self-Powered Incapacitator (SPI) that is a compact electrostatic pulse generator triggered and powered by the initial acceleration of the projectile. It will generate and deliver electric energy from 5 J (in the 12 gauge modified Rubber Rocket) to 50 J (in the 40 mm grenade) with an initial electric current of 15 A and a discharge time of about 2 microseconds that instantly and non-lethally incapacitates the target. The capability of the device to generate an electric charge is enhanced by POC's proprietary polymer embossing technology. The SPI will be charged when it is fabricated, and will retain this electric charge over decades. The electric energy delivered does not depend on the distance to the target.

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