Self-Powered Incapacitator

To address the Army need for an electric energy delivering nonlethal munition that is self-contained and not tethered to a launching platform, which would be a 40 mm M203 grenade launcher or a 12 gauge shotgun, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Self-Powered Incapacitator (SPI). This proposed device is based on the generation of high electric voltage due to the work of inertial forces during the launch of projectiles. In Phase I POC demonstrated the feasibility of SPI by fabricating a specially designed modular electrode structure that generates electric voltage when electrodes are reciprocally displaced. In Phase II POC plans to optimize the SPI nonlethal device, converting kinetic mechanical energy to electrical energy, of which the feasibility was proven in Phase I, and to develop a fully operational demonstration prototype. This prototype will be capable of generating and delivering electrical energy to the target in the distance range from 6 m to 80 m, for nonlethal instantaneous incapacitation; it will be launched by a 12 gauge shotgun or 40 mm M203 grenade launcher.