Tandem Load Countermeasure Device

To address the Navys need for a dual chaff air expendable decoy device to improve aircraft protection from a variety of threats, including modern RF missile seekers, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Tandem Load Countermeasure (TALC) device. The TALC device will consist of an innovative double chamber cartridge and a new casing allowing for doubling of the payload expulsion event from the standard AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispensing System. TALC will satisfy Navy requirements for safety of operation and reliability, including the Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO) safety requirements. It will allow for polling with low current signals and will produce low light emission upon chaff expulsion. In Phase I, POC will prove TALC feasibility by demonstrating the performance of the new double impulse cartridge and the new casing with two payload compartments (TRL 2-3). In Phase II, multiple functional prototypes will be fabricated for testing and performance evaluation (TRL 4-5).