Electrically-Assisted, High Performance, Extinguishable Solid Propellant for Advanced Thrust Control Motors

Physical Sciences Inc. proposes to develop a unique, electrically-assisted, insensitive munition compliant, self-extinguishable, high performance controllable solid propellant for advanced thrust control motors. This novel propellant formulation has a predicted specific impulse and density specific impulses that exceed the performance of state-of-the-art ionic propellants. The solid propellant enables the development of high performance, storable propulsion systems while simultaneously reducing handling operations as compared to state-of-art electrochemically assisted ionic propellants. In Phase I, the proposed investigation focuses on the critical thermochemical and thermophysical behavior to ensure electrical-assisted combustion. This also includes evaluation of its combustion response at multiple pressures to ensure realistic system level design for high performance thrust control motors within the operational mission requirements.