PROPOSAL FOR BURSTER LAYER RESEARCH

THE PROPOSED PHASE I SBIR PROJECT WILL INCLUDE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF BURSTER LAYERS DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND DIRECT HITS OF CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS, LEADING TO DEVELOPMENT OF OPTIONAL BURSTER LAYER CONFIGURATIONS WITH POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS. THE PHASE I EFFORT WILL INCLUDE ON EXTENSIVE SURVEY OF THE STATE OF THE ART IN THE FIELD OF BURSTER LAYERS, ESPECIALLY THE EXPERIENCE PRACTICALLY GAINED IN ISRAEL SINCE 1968 AND IN OTHER COUNTRIES, THE ANALYSIS OF THE PENETRATION OF DIFFERENT CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS INTO ALL TYPES OF BURSTER LAYERS, THE PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS OF BURSTER LAYERS, AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN PHASE II.