USA As Represented by Secretary of the Navy

Robert C Gill

Carl Gotzmer

Eric S Schlegel

Pamela Carpenter

Horst G Adolph

George W Nauflett

Charles R McCulloch

Russell E Reed

May L Chan

James J Baker

John M Kelley

Mortimer J Kamlet

Harold T Fillman

Nancy C Johnson

Edward E Baroody

John F Leahy

William G Lawrence

Matt Blachek

Steven L Kim

Herb G Gollmar

Herman S Haiss

The invention is a composition for a high burning-rate solid rocket propellant, where the composition includes a binder compounded with a soluble energetic additive; a metallic fuel; and an oxidative fuel. The resulting composition has a tactical Class 1.3 hazard rating, and a linear regression rate that is substantially equivalent to a tactical Class 1.1 hazard rating obtainable using solid rocket propellants. The composition may include a heat-conducting element, a plasticizer, a curing component, a combustion catalyst, and curing catalyst.

High burning rate tactical solid rocket propellant, and related method

An agent defeat bomb including a payload with at least one metal-based high thermal component, effective for producing high temperature, and a plurality of oxidizer components, such that the high thermal component and oxidizer are progressively stacked through the length of the projectile and react within the body of the bomb.

Agent defeat bomb

The present invention is a modified HFPB polymer for use in propellants and explosives that is chemically degradable and also is compatible with commonly used energetic plasticizers. The HFPB polymer of the present invention contains ester linkages formed in the backbone of the polymer from a dicarboxylic acid containing either oxymeythylene or oxyethylene moeities. The ester and ether linkages change the polarity of the polybutadiene to make it compatible with polar energetic plasticizers. The ester linkages along with either oxymethylene or oxyethylene moeities make the polymer degradable to basic solutions while still maintaining the structural integrity necessary for a polybutadiene type binder.

Modified polybutadiene polymers that are both chemically degradable and physically compatible with energetic plasticizers for use in propellant and explosive binders

A communication system comprises an input-output processor IOP ( ) coupled to a plurality of network devices ( ) and a protocol processor PP ( ), both processors being coupled to a common memory ( ). Memory access control means ( ) resolves competition between the processors for memory access. Normally, if one of the two processors is accessing the memory, the memory control unit ( ) allows that access to be completed before allowing the other processor to access the memory. But if data loss in a network device is imminent, the IOP, is granted a higher priority memory access, the memory access controller aborts (interrupts) any memory access by the PP, allowing the IOP to access the memory immediately.

ESD sensitivity in titanium/boron compositions

A low burning rate, high temperature incendiary composition having a reactive material of titanium, a second reactive material of boron, an oxidizer of polytetrafluoroethylene in an amount of from about 20 weight percent or greater of the composition and a binder of paraffin wax in an amount of from about 5 weight percent to about 20 weight percent. The composition is safe to handle, ignites readily, burns at a low and controlled rate and produces a very high flame temperature.

Lower burning rate, reduced hazard, high temperature incendiary

A high temperature incendiary composition having a reactive material of titanium, a second reactive material of boron, an oxidizer of polytetrafluoroethylene in an amount of from about 10 weight percent or less of the composition and a binder of carboxyl-terminated polybutadiene acrylonitrile in an amount of from about 5 weight percent or more. The composition is safe to handle, ignites readily, burns at a low and controlled rate and produces a very high flame temperature.

Low burning rate, reduced hazard, high temperature incendiary

A high temperature incendiary composition having a reactive material of titanium, a second reactive material of boron, an oxidizer of polytetrafluoroethylene in an amount of from about 20 weight percent or greater of the composition and a binder of CTBN in an amount of from about 10 weight percent or less. The composition is safe to handle, ignites readily, produces low slag, burns at a low and controlled rate and produces a very high flame temperature.

Low slag, reduced hazard, high temperature incendiary

A high energy explosive composite which comprises

High energy explosives

A novel formulation of liquid propellants comprising a mixture of high eny ingredients consisting of bis(2-fluoro-2,2-dinitroethyl)amine, bis(2-fluoro-2,2-dinitroethyl)formal and bis(2,2,2-trinitroethyl)formal together with conventional liquid fuels and propellants to create a synergistic formulation having new and unexpected physical and chemical properties.

Liquid monopropellants

A high energy, thermally stable plastic bonded explosive comprising HMX, a lasticizer and a fluoroalkyl acrylate or urethane fluorocarbon binder.

Plastic bonded explosives using fluorocarbon binders

A method of melt casting plastic bonded explosives by:

Melt cast thermoplastic elastomeric plastic bonded explosive

The invention is a process for reacting methylnitramine with formaldehyde a halogenated solvent and reacting the methylnitramine with formaldehyde in the presence of a strong sulfuric acid catalyst at certain specific temperatures to yield a final product having a yield rate of 70% or greater dimethylmethylenedinitraamine.

Process for the preparation of 2,4-dinitro-2,4-diazapentane

A novel composition of matter comprising a mixture of a nitrocellulose poer and a plasticizer comprising N,N' dimethyl methylene dinitramine.

New plasticizer for nitropolymers

A submersible object having a drag reducing coating thereon, and a method r its preparation, which comprises applying to the object a binding agent and sufficient hydrophobic silica to provide the object with a nonuniform coating, the function of the binding agent being merely to fix the hydrophobic silica on the submersible object.

Submersible object having drag reduction and method

High impetus, low flame temperature propellants are produced by the incoration of a polynitramine into a saturated polymer of a lower hydrocarbon.

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White Plains, MD, United States of America

Robert C Gill