An Advanced, Insensitive Munition (IM) Compliant, Multi-Mode Energetic Material System for Active Protection Interceptor Munition Systems

Physical Sciences Inc. proposes to demonstrate and quantify a unique high performance, insensitive munition compliant, dual mode energetic material that would allow stable propulsive and detonative operations. This new formulation has a high specific impulse and density specific impulse while simultaneously retaining the detonative performances of modern explosives. This unique low-cost energetic material will provide the thrust requirements and throttleability in a munition system using a simple grain geometry. In Phase I, the dual mode energetic materials ballistic and explosive efficacy will be quantified to define specific performance metrics to demonstrate operational feasibility. The results from this activity will serve to define critical system level parameters of the targeted prototype munition system demonstration in Phase II.