MEMS S&A and A-F Devices

Rotary devices with much commonality are proposed for the S&A and A-F applications. The devices can be contained in a cube approximately 10 mm on a side. The proposal focuses on early identification of risk areas and on steps to reduce or mitigate therisk. The need for testability of arming devices is recognized.The proposal team benefits from prior work in fuzes and in the application of arming devices in missiles ranging from Stinger to the Navy's Standard Missile 2, as well as very recent experience in MEMS fabrication and analysis. Miniaturization and costreduction for devices that inhibit or permit irreversible actions, such as initiation of an explosive train or solenoid opening of fastening provisions or fluid flow.Applications are in military and commercial ordnance, major weapon systems, space and space launch vehicles, automobiles (air bags), aircraft (ejection seats), and entertainment industry (special effects, gravity rides).