SBIR/STTR Research Award
LASER INITIATION OF INSENSITIVE HIGH EXPLOSIVES
Award amount
$497,965Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1989Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Quantic Industries, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
QUANTIC PROPOSES TO INVESTIGATE SEVERAL UNIQUE METHODS OF DIRECTLY DETONATING INSENSITIVE HIGH EXPLOSIVES WITH A SMALL, 750 MJ, 1.06 MICRON, Q-SWITCHED LASER. ONE TECHNIQUE USES MULTIPLE LASER PULSES WITH REFLECTED SHOCK AUGMENTATION. A SECOND TECHNIQUE USES SLAPPER INITIATION TECHNOLOGY, AND ANOTHER USES SHOCK INTERFERENCE EFFECTS. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT A TACTICAL MISSILE COMPATIBLE LASER CAN BE DEVELOPED TO DIRECTLY INITIATE DETONATION IN HIGHLY INSENSITIVE EXPLOSIVES.
Technology keywords
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