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NDIA’s 51st Annual Fuze ConferenceUNITED STATES NAVY OVERVIEW
Randy CopeAssociate Dept. Head, Energetics at the Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division
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OUTLINE
• Navy Energetic Enterprise – NEE• Navy Safety Board Structure• Air, Surface, Undersea Navy Programs• Emerging Technology• Summary
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Navy Energetics Enterprise
• Collaboration to provide best technical solutions for Warfighter needs
• Achieve long-term cost avoidance resulting from shared people and facilities
INDIAN HEAD
DAHLGREN
NELB
NAVAIR Energetics and Weapons
NAVSEA Ordnance Product Area
EnergeticMaterials
OrdnanceSupport Systems
Energy Generation
Systems
InsensitiveMunitions
PyrotechnicsSystems
S&T
Propulsion Systems
EIPT
Littoral & Ashore Ordnance Systems
Fuzing Systems
Warheads Systems
Modeling and
Simulation
T&E
CRANE
CHINA LAKEPOINT MUGU
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Navy Fuze Safety Review Process
Weapon System Explosives Safety Review Board – WSESRB
Fuze Initiator System Technical Review Panel
FISTRP
Software System Safety Technical Review Panel
SSSTRP
Joint Programs
Army Fuze Safety Review Board
AF Non Nuclear Weapons Safety Board
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• Draft FESWG Logic Devices (PLD) Guidelines
• Built In Test (BIT)
• 500 Volt Electrical Insensitivity
• Remote Firesets
• Voltage Multipliers
Fuze Initiator System Technical Review PanelFISTRP
Panel Chair – Jack WallerPanel Members – Ralph Balestieri Tinya Coles-Cieply
Randy Cope Brad HannaJohn Hendershot John HughesGeorge Hennings Dave LibbonScott Pomeroy Gabe SotoBrian Will John KandellRay Ash Gene Marquis
Current Topics of Interest/Challenge
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TOMAHAWKFUZE
• Provide production support for the FMU-148A/B Warhead Fuze– Used in Tomahawk Block III and
Block IV Missiles• Conduct Lot Acceptance Testing
– Maintain independence for safety critical component
• Conduct Quality Evaluation– Ensure continued safe and reliable
use in Fleet
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• R&D Thrusts• Long Range – 41nmi+
• Soften the Beach Plus Hit Inland Targets• Short Range
• Self Defense VS. Asymmetric Attack• Production/Lifecycle Thrusts
• Maintain Fleet Capabilities at Lower Costs• Replenish & Maintain Existing Stockpile
Gunnery Programs
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• Long Range Guided Projectiles in Development:• ERGM, BTERM & LRLAP
• 41nmi+ ERGM
BTERM
LRLAP
Gunnery Programs
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Gunnery Programs• Short Range - Self-Defense Projectiles –
• “BB” round KE-ET & HE-ET both with the Mk 432 fuze• HE-MFF results shown below
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Gunnery ProgramsProduction/Lifecycle Efforts
PIPs:• MOFN for Most Threat Scenarios
• Diehl battery down-selected for MFFProduction:
• Mk 432 ET Fuze, MOFN Fuze, along with 25mm, 30mm, 40mm and 57mm Fuzing
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Future Undersea Weapon S&AFuture Undersea Weapon S&A
MEMS S&A package• Miniaturization of safety and arming and initiation components
• Enables common S&A for multiple platform deployment
• Ruggedness demonstrated in harsh environments Packaged MEMS
S&A Chip
• Multi-Mission Capable• Single S&A configuration for
multiple missions & platforms• Multi-point warhead initiation• Communication with Weapon
Control Area Network (CAN)• Safety Features
• IMU based Safe Separation System
• MEMS optical interrupt
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Redundancy• Two Recorders per Bomb• Two Accelerometers per Recorder• Non-Volatile Memory
Shock Hardened Recorder
Data Recorder
JDAM Assault Breach System JABS
MK-84
JDAM Tail Kit
• Fuze (FMU139) with pre-selected delay times to increase bomb effectiveness against mines / obstacles in the surf zone
- Bomb detonates at optimum position in range of water depths
- Increase lethality against mines and obstacles
• FY07 Evaluate JABS lethality in the Very Shallow Water (VSW)FY06 JABS S&T
• Flight tests with instrumented Fuzes• Record water impact signature• Monitor response of (FMU139) impact switches
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ANTIANTI--SWIMMER GRENADE (ASG)SWIMMER GRENADE (ASG)
Electronic In-Line Safe-Arm Device (no primary explosives)Hand-Emplaced Ordnance design meets MIL-STD-1911 User-selectable function depth (10-ft to 100-ft in 10-ft increments)1.5-lb Main Charge
SafetyASG will detonate onlyunderwater beneath a predefined safety depthWill harmlessly render itself safe if it is activated but fails to see the correct arming environments
Designed to protect assets from attack by SCUBA swimmers
Features
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Gunnery ProgramsLong Range Gunnery Technology
• Guidance Integrated Fuze - GIFDeveloping Next Generation GPS Receiver
Small Size (<1.5 in2)Low Cost (<$500)Low Power (<1 Watt)
GPS Receiver
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ONR Future Naval Capability (FNC) ProgramIMU Based Safe Separation System
• Miniature (MEMS based) Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) embedded in S&A to measure safe separation distance
• Flexible IMU-based safety algorithm that incorporates:• Weapon post-launch position determination independent
of guidance system• Two independent parallel algorithms for fault tolerance
• COTS IMU sensor integrated into S&A
• FY07: in-water tests of IMU sensors
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ONR S&T ProgramMEMS S&A Technology• Capitalizes on commercially available IC large scale batch fabrication
techniques• Enables weapon system integrated fuzing for multi-mission and scaled
effect capability• Reduces fuze cost and size
From tens of mechanical parts per fuze to 100’s of fuze chips per single wafer
S&A Chip
Status:• Completed laboratory testing of 2nd generation S&A
components and devices
• Preparing for FY07 TRL-5 demonstration flight tests
MEMS in-situ detonator based S&A device technology currently TRL 4
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ONR Discovery & Invention (D&I) ProgramIn-Situ Micro Detonator Technology
• Energetics formed in-situ after MEMS fabrication
• No energetic waste material
• No processing equipment exposed to energetics
Porous Metal
Azide Explosive
S&A Device with Micro Explosive
Status;Developed in-situ (dry) conversion process
Demonstrated explosive transfer to qualified booster materials; RSI-007, PBX-N5 & Comp A-5
Currently conducting detonation characterization experiments
MEMS in-situ micro detonator technology currently TRL 4
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SummaryToday’s Navy
Leveraging the abilities of multiple installations
NEESafety conscious
FISTRP / FESWG / Joint ReviewsCradle to grave support of the warfighter
ConceptAdvanced DevelopmentResearch and DevelopmentIn-Service SupportQuality Assurance