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.

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Joint Army/Navy Program for Environmentally Acceptable Propellant Charges for Medium Caliber Guns

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200529
Principal Investigator: Ms. Thelma Manning, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC)
ESTCP May 2005

Lead-Free Ballistic Modifier for Rocket Motor Propellants

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200727
Principal Investigator: Mr. Darren Thompson, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC)
ESTCP Apr 2007

Elimination of Perchlorate Oxidizers from Pyrotechnic Flare Compositions

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200730
Principal Investigator: Ms. Christina Yamamoto, Naval Surface Warfare Center - Crane
ESTCP Oct 2007

Demonstration of Tungsten Nanocomposite Alternatives to Depleted Uranium in Anti-Armor Penetrators

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200805
Principal Investigator: Dr. Lee Magness, U.S. Army Research Laboratory (USARL)
ESTCP Jul 2008

Proof-of-Principle Study to Replace RDX in LOVA-Style Propellant Formulations Intended for Use as a Perchlorate-Free Replacement Grain in Cartridge Actuated Devices

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200836
Principal Investigator: Mr. Todd Allen, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
ESTCP Jul 2008

Elimination of Perchlorate Oxidizers from Green Pyrotechnic Flare Compositions

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Project ID: WP-201008
Principal Investigator: Ms. Christina Yamamoto, Naval Surface Warfare Center - Crane
ESTCP Jun 2010

Elimination of Perchlorate Oxidizers from Incendiary Projectile Compositions

Project Information
Project ID: WP-201110
Principal Investigator: Mr. Gary Chen, US Army ARDEC
ESTCP Mar 2011

Evaluation of Metal-Bound Porphyrins and Porphyrazins as Lead Salt Replacements for Ballistic Modifiers in Minimum Signature XLDB Propellants

Project Information
Project ID: WP-2140
Principal Investigator: Dr. Scott Riley, ATK Missile Subsystems and Components
SERDP Mar 2011

Novel Energetic Polyphosphazene Polymer Binder System for Environmentally Benign Rocket Propellants

Project Information
Project ID: WP-2141
Principal Investigator: Mr. Joseph Clubb, Naval Air Warfare Center - Weapons Division
SERDP Mar 2011

Novel Lead-Free Ballistic Modifiers for Improved, IM-Compliant Minimum Signature Propellants

Project Information
Project ID: WP-2142
Principal Investigator: Dr. Andrew Nelson, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division
SERDP Mar 2011

Eliminating Lead, RDX, and AP in a Castable EMMS-Configured Propellant While Maintaining Performance

Project Information
Project ID: WP-2143
Principal Investigator: Mr. Bradley Sleadd, Indian Head Division, NSWC
SERDP Mar 2011

Demonstration of DBX-1 as an Alternative to RD-1333 Lead Azide

Project Information
Project ID: WP-201109
Principal Investigator: Liz Chaluisant, Naval Surface Warfare Center
ESTCP Mar 2011

Self-Remediating Energetic Fills Based on Cyclic Dinitroureas

Project Information
Project ID: WP-2147
Principal Investigator: Ms. Roxanne Quintana, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division
SERDP Mar 2011

Innovative Technology Development for Comprehensive Air Quality Characterization from Soil-Covered Open Detonation of Military Munitions

Project Information
Project ID: WP-2233
Principal Investigator: Dr. Byung Kim, U.S. Army ERDC-CERL
SERDP Mar 2012

Scale-Up and Formulation of Green Insensitive DEMN Based Secondary Explosives

Project Information
Project ID: WP-201223
Principal Investigator: Ms. Erika Rivera, U.S. Army - ARDEC
ESTCP Mar 2012

GrIMEx (Green IM Explosive): Development of Novel IM Comp B Replacements Based on Green TNT and RDX Replacements

Project Information
Project ID: WP-2208
Principal Investigator: Dr. David Price, BAE Systems
SERDP Mar 2012

Melt-Castable Formulations Containing DAAF as Replacements for Comp B

Project Information
Project ID: WP-2209
Principal Investigator: Ms. Elizabeth Francois, Los Alamos National Laboratory
SERDP Mar 2012

MEMS-Enabled Reliable Submunition (MERS)

Project Information
Project ID: WP-2331
Principal Investigator: Mr. Charles Robinson, U.S. Army ARDEC
SERDP Jan 2013

Nitration Enzyme Toolkit for the Biosynthesis of Energetic Materials

Project Information
Project ID: WP-2332
Principal Investigator: Dr. David Graham, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
SERDP Jan 2013

Applying Synthetic Biology Principles to Increase Biocellulose (BC) Production

Project Information
Project ID: WP-2333
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Fuller, CB&I
SERDP Jan 2013

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