Energetic Materials and Munitions

SERDP and ESTCP projects are developing and demonstrating alternative materials and synthesis processes to reduce the environmental and occupational safety and health impacts of energetic materials and munitions while maintaining critical performance criteria.

Completed Projects List
Project Title Completed

Non-Ozone Depleting Sealants for Ammunition Applications

Project Information
Project ID: WP-674
Principal Investigator: Mr. Dean Martinelli, US Army ARDEC
SERDP Jan 1997

Characterization of Open Burning/Open Detonation Emissions

Project Information
Project ID: WP-247
SERDP Oct 1997

Measuring and Modeling for OB/OD Permitting

Project Information
Project ID: WP-251
SERDP Oct 1997

Solventless Pyrotechnic Manufacturing

Project Information
Project ID: WP-757
SERDP Oct 1998

Laser Ignition to Replace Chemical Ordnance Igniters for Propulsion

Project Information
Project ID: WP-680
SERDP Oct 1998

Recycling Propellants in Nonpolluting Supercritical Fluids: Novel Computational Chemistry Models For Predicting Effective Solvents

Project Information
Project ID: WP-695
Principal Investigator: Dr. Betsy Rice, US Army Research Lab
SERDP Oct 1998

DoD/DOE Clean Agile Manufacturing of Energetics

Project Information
Project ID: WP-63
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jim Short, Office of Naval Research (Code 333)
SERDP Oct 1998

Extraction and Recycling of LOVA Propellants Using Supercritical Fluid Extraction

Project Information
Project ID: WP-660
SERDP Oct 1998

Recovery and Reuse of HMX/RDX from Propellants and Explosives

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

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

Solventless Manufacture of Artillery Propellent Using Thermoplastic Elastomer Binder

Project Information
Project ID: WP-867
Principal Investigator: Dr. Lawrence Merwin, Naval Air Warfare Center
SERDP Oct 1999

Insensitive Munitions

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1072
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jim Short, Office of Naval Research (Code 333)
SERDP Oct 1999

Green Energetic Materials

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1115
Principal Investigator: Mr. Marc Magdinec, Naval Surface Warfare Center
SERDP Nov 1999

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

Elimination of Toxic and VOC Constituents from Small Caliber Ammunition

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1057
Principal Investigator: Mr. John Middleton, AMSTA-AR-CCL-B, Bldg 65N
SERDP Oct 2000

Elimination of Toxic Materials and Solvents from Solid Propellant Components

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1058
Principal Investigator: Dr. Robert Stanley, AMSAM-RD-PS-R
SERDP Jan 2001

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

Lead-Free Initiator Materials for Small, Electro-Explosive Devices For Medium Caliber Munitions

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1306
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ross Millar, QinetiQ
SERDP Jun 2003

Castable, Solvent-Free Red Phosphorous Smokes for Target Markers

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1180
Principal Investigator: Mr. Daniel Nielson, Thiokol Propulsion, MS-244
SERDP Jun 2003

Safe and Environmentally Acceptable Sol-Gel-Derived Pyrophoric Pyrotechnics (SEED Project)

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1276
Principal Investigator: Dr. Randy Simpson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
SERDP Oct 2003

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