Affordable High Rate Manufacturing Process for High Density Sub-Projectiles
Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N00014-09-M-0196
Agency Tracking Number: N091-080-1005
Amount:
$69,999.00
Phase:
Phase I
Program:
SBIR
Awards Year:
2009
Solicitation Year:
2009
Solicitation Topic Code:
N091-080
Solicitation Number:
2009.1
Small Business Information
9063 Bee Caves Road, Austin, TX, 78733
DUNS:
625120902
HUBZone Owned:
N
Woman Owned:
N
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged:
N
Principal Investigator
Name: Harry Perkinson
Title: Principal Investigator
Phone: (512) 263-2101
Email: hperkinson@tri-austin.com
Title: Principal Investigator
Phone: (512) 263-2101
Email: hperkinson@tri-austin.com
Business Contact
Name: Monte Fellingham
Title: Principal Investigator
Phone: (512) 263-2101
Email: mfellingham@tri-austin.com
Title: Principal Investigator
Phone: (512) 263-2101
Email: mfellingham@tri-austin.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract
There is a requirement for lethal high density sub-projectiles that are affordable. Simple shapes, which are relatively inexpensive, lose lethality because of poor ballistic attributes. Machining these simple shapes to change attributes, in order to enhance their lethality, significantly increases the cost of the sub-projectile. TRI/Austin will deliver an optimized design for a high density sub-projectile that meets all of the Navy’s performance requirements, and which is less expensive to manufacture than machining or sintering approaches. The baseline design has been verified through computational analysis of launch and flight modes, including dynamic analysis of the launch loads, and the aerodynamic heating and mechanical loads during ejection. TRI/Austin is adapting highly commercial manufacturing processes to the manufacturing of sub-projectiles. The transition and commercialization of the proposed design will be rapid. The baseline design is adaptable to a variety of penetrator materials and geometries, and the manufacturing process can be readily converted from one projectile design to another. The flight performance of the sub-projectile can be enhanced, higher release altitude, longer flight time, by changing component materials. The manufacturing rate is a function of manufacturing system scaling; hundreds of thousands of sub-projectiles per year are possible with relatively small capital investment. * Information listed above is at the time of submission. *