The Development of a Malodorous Tactical Munition to Disperse Humans from an Enclosed Area

This proposal addresses the need for newer and safer technologies to reduce human injuries or death during the use of non-lethal force in rooms, prison cells, ocean vessels or other enclosed areas to disperse people. In enclosed areas, modern riot control agents (RCAs) cannot readily escape and their ambient concentration and can often exceed their safety limit for human exposure and cause severe acute or chronic health problems. Thus, the development of newer, non-lethal RCAs in tactical munitions is warranted. The overall goal of this project is to develop malodorous munitions that are deployed in a sealed form-factor so that they can be delivered to specific locations to clear individuals from an enclosed space without causing adverse health effects. In Phase I (and Option) Seacoast will focus on three main tasks: (1) to determine the malodorous payload"s noxious concentration threshold to remove people from an enclosed area using the government"s malodorous formulation; (2) to determine the feasibility of using malodorants to remove individuals from enclosed spaces; and (3) to demonstrate that prototype form-factor munitions containing the malodorous payload can quickly remove people from an enclosed area without causing them acute negative health affects.