Critical Fuze Technology Protection System

Cornerstone Research Group Inc (CRG) proposes to provide a complete cost-effective anti-tamper system to protect advanced ammunition projectiles from tamper and reverse-engineering efforts. CRG has participated in five AT-based Phase II and seven AT-based Phase I SBIR programs. These programs have produced multiple layers of AT solutions. These solutions consist of a high TRL 7/8 conformal coating system, a multiple tamper event detection system, a non-energetic integrated circuit (IC) destruction technique and a sensor-based system validation scheme. CRG has been actively involved with the AT community for six years and has developed a very good understanding of the techniques, defenses and implementation issues involved with incorporating AT into systems for the protection of critical technology. CRG''s demonstrated expertise in the proposed technology areas presents the Army the opportunity to obtain an effective, reliable, and economical AT protection system using conformal coatings and layered tamper detection methods in protecting the critical information components of advanced ammunition projectiles. The proposing team''s track record of innovation in materials and AT techniques positions CRG for successful implementation of an effective, reliable, and economical anti-tamper system meeting the Army’s operational needs.