Advanced Propellant Bonding Agent

ANW seeks to develop a new class of propellant bonding agents based on its proprietary titanyl compound discovered in March 2007. This titanium based compound has already demonstrated an ability to act as a plastic and epoxy cross-linker that improves performance beyond existing specialty chemical additive levels. ANW believes similar improvements can be achieved in solid fuel propellant systems. ANW proposes researching and identifying compatible chemical reactants that will chemically bond to its titanyl molecule and act as a cross-linker in the Navy’s solid fuel propellant systems. ANW’s proposal is broken into 6 tasks including synthesizing reactive linkers, identifying the best linkers, characterizing physical properties of the derivatives and analyzing both chemical and physical characteristics of the bonding agent. Improvements in stability and mechanical properties will improve propellant aging, frequency of insensitive munitions (IM) and will reduce life- cycle costs while improving safety for existing solid fuel systems.