Integral Suppressed Weapon Barrel

FloDesign, Inc. and its industry partner, FN Manufacturing, LLC were awarded SBIR Phase I Contract M67854-08-C-6505 to establish the feasibility of employing FloDesign"s patented mixer/ejector technology to a notional M16 Integral Suppressed Weapon Barrel. As the direct result of this funding and a parallel yet separate assault rifle noise suppression project, the team has successfully completed a series of tasks to investigate and advance the understanding and science of noise/flash suppression that led to demonstration of the feasibility of applying our aerospace sciences-derived technology to muzzle blast suppression. This technology, referred to as Controlled Surge and Purge (CUSP), utilizes advanced aerospace techniques to control blast surge effects through multiple fluid mixing expansions. It further ingests external air into the flow that tends to cool and purge the blast and its byproducts. FNM will provide its M-16 manufacturing expertise to production of ten prototype integrated barrel suppressors for testing by the Marine Corps at the end of this Phase 2 effort.