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Replacement of Red Phosphorus in smoke producing munitions
Award last edited on: 3/6/2008

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : Navy
Total Award Amount
$700,000
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
N07-004
Principal Investigator
John L Lombardi

Company Information

Ventana Research Corporation

16 North Camino Miramonte
Tucson, AZ 85716
Location: Single
Congr. District: 07
County: Pima

Phase I

Contract Number: M67854-07-C-6521
Start Date: 6/26/2007    Completed: 4/22/2008
Phase I year
2007
Phase I Amount
$100,000
Current smoke producing munitions posess significant total obscuring power (TOP) but suffer from the drawbacks taht they are both toxic and corrosive towards military personnel and hardware respectively. A burgeoning need therefore exists for alternative obscurants which are benign as well as posess high TOP properties. Polyphenol derivatives represent one such promising class of materials meeting this criteria and will be developed and characterized during this proposed Phase I SBIR research program.

Keywords:
Polyphenols Aluminum Chloride Oxidation Nucleation

Phase II

Contract Number: M67854-09-C-6502
Start Date: 7/20/2009    Completed: 7/15/2011
Phase II year
2009
Phase II Amount
$600,000
Several novel non-phosphorus based pyrotechnic formulations will be refined and integrated into both M18 & M83 smoke grenades during this Phase II Program. These compositions will be subjected to extensive testing by both Ventana as well as an independent laboratory and grenades loaded with this formulation will have better obscuring power relative to conventional red phosphorus based munitions.

Keywords:
Obscurant Non-Phosphorus Based Munition M18 Grenade M83 Grenade,