Weapons Systems and Platforms

SERDP and ESTCP’s Weapons Systems and Platforms program area supports the development and demonstration of innovative technologies that enable DoD to reduce or eliminate the use of hazardous materials in its production and maintenance processes, reduce hazardous waste streams, and better understand and mitigate emissions and other environmental impacts that result from its operations.

Completed Projects List
Project Title Completed

Shock-Absorbing Concrete (SACON) Bullet Traps for Small-Arms Ranges

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199609
Principal Investigator: Mr. Gene Fabian, U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center
ESTCP Aug 1999

Closed Loop Energetics with VOC Emission Reduction (CLEVER)

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199704
Principal Investigator: Ms. Valerie Plummer, Naval Surface Warfare Center
ESTCP Jul 2002

Demonstration of Metastable Intermolecular Composites (MIC) on Small Caliber Cartridges and CAD/PAD Percussion Primers

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200205
Principal Investigator: Mr. Todd Allen, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division
ESTCP Jul 2009

Medium Caliber Lead-Free Electric Primer

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200729
Principal Investigator: Eric Gogley, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
ESTCP Sep 2012

Demonstration and Qualification of Small-Caliber Combat Ammunition Manufactured with Lead-Free Projectiles

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199901
Principal Investigator: Ms. Kimberly Watts, U.S. Army Environmental Center
ESTCP Sep 2008

Recovery and Reuse of HMX/RDX from Propellants and Explosives

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199708
Principal Investigator: Mr. Dan Burch,
ESTCP Jul 1999

Smoke and Dye Replacement

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200122
Principal Investigator: Mrs. Tamera Rush, SRC Inc.
ESTCP Oct 2008

Photocatalytic Destruction of Nitrate Esters in Air

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199506
Principal Investigator: Mr. Michael Lateulere, NSWC Indian Head Division
ESTCP Apr 2000

Nitrocellulose-Based Propellant Manufacturing Waste Minimization

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199804
Principal Investigator: Dr. Suzanne Prickett, Naval Surface Warfare Center
ESTCP Dec 2006

Assessing and Controlling Blast Noise Emission

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200006
Principal Investigator: Dr. Larry Pater, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
ESTCP Dec 2007

Demonstration of Diesel Engine Air Emissions Reduction Technologies

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200404
Principal Investigator: Mr. Bruce Holden, NAVFAC Engineering Service Center
ESTCP Dec 2008

Continuous Emissions Monitor for Hazardous Air Pollutant Metals

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199807
Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Seltzer, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Div.
ESTCP Mar 2001

Field Validation of Real-Time Airborne Lead Analyzer

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199905
Principal Investigator: Ms. Leslie Karr, Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center
ESTCP Jan 2002

Reduction of Diesel Engine Particulate Emissions Using a Self-Regenerating Soot Filter

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199906
Principal Investigator: Mr. Bruce Holden, NAVFAC Engineering Service Center
ESTCP Oct 2003

An Alternative to EPA Method 9 - Field Validation of a Digital Recording and Analysis System for Opacity Compliance Measurements

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200119
Principal Investigator: Mr. Steve Rasmussen, Hill Air Force Base
ESTCP Feb 2005

Reduction of Particulate Emissions from Turbine Engines Using the +100 Additive

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200121
Principal Investigator: Mr. Edwin Corporan, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
ESTCP Oct 2006

Demonstration of Low Emissions Trapped Vortex Combustor Technology

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200123
Principal Investigator: Mr. Ken Barlow, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
ESTCP Aug 2010

Plasma Arc Destruction of DoD Hazardous Waste

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199509
ESTCP Oct 2000

Use of Sorbent Materials for Treating Hazardous Wastes

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199515
Principal Investigator: Mr. Garry Kosteck, ARDEC Industrial Ecology Center
ESTCP Oct 2000

Spent Acid Recovery Using Diffusion Dialysis

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199705
Principal Investigator: Mr. Nicholas Stencel, Naval Research Laboratory
ESTCP Apr 1999