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Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 13, 2022
Applicant:

Breault Research Organization, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);

Inventors:

John J. Spilotro, Tucson, AZ (US);

John D. Willett, Tucson, AZ (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42C 15/40 (2006.01); F42C 19/02 (2006.01); F42C 19/06 (2006.01); F42C 19/08 (2006.01); F42C 19/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42C 15/40 (2013.01); F42C 19/02 (2013.01); F42C 19/06 (2013.01); F42C 19/0838 (2013.01); F42C 19/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a miniature electronic safe arm device (MESAD) kit. The MESAD kit comprises a munition adapter. a high explosive booster charge. a low energy exploding foil initiator (LEEFI) detonator, and a warhead initiation module. The munition adapter comprises a male threaded portion configured to thread into a female threaded portion at an end of a munition shell. The MESAD kit enables conversion of existing stockpiles of inventoried legacy munitions in the field. into UAS payloads by replacing legacy mechanical and electro-mechanical fuzes used on these legacy munitions with a MESAD assembly.


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