United States of America As Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force

B6 Sigma, Inc.

Geremy Kleiser

Mark J Cola

Vivek R Dave

Daniel A Hartman

Christopher Crouse

Christopher Lindsay

C Robert Kline, Jr

Joel W House

Ian Kowalczyk

Walter McCracken

Alan Yeates

A munition includes a munition body containing explosive material. An electronic subsystem is active between release and detonation of the explosive material. One or more batteries are electrically connected to the electronic subsystem to provide power to the electronic subsystem prior to detonation. The one or more batteries are positioned adjacent to the explosive material to be accelerated outward as corresponding munition projectiles after detonation, increasing the effective payload of the munition by performing dual functions. In one or more embodiments, the explosive material is cylindrically shaped and longitudinally aligned in a warhead section of the munition body. The one or more batteries are annularly positioned on lateral surface of the explosive surface to form a cellular fragmenting structure. In a particular embodiments, the munition body is a missile body containing a rocket propulsion system and the electronic subsystem comprises a missile guidance system.

Battery augmented munition

A projectile formed from dissimilar materials. The projectile includes a metallurgical interlayer that joins the dissimilar materials together. The metallurgical interlayer also matches the shock impedance of the two materials to prevent delamination during launch and during impact.

Composite projectile

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Geremy Kleiser