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Insensitive Munitions & Energetic Materials Symposium

10 - 13 March 2003

Tuesday, March 11, 2003

Session 1: Plenary Session

U.S. DoD Insensitive Munitions and Energetic Materials Program Perspective, Anthony Melita, OUSD (AT&L)
Future Direction: U.S. Navy's Insensitive Munitions Office (NOSSA N6), Donald Porada, USN NOSSA
Insensitive Munitions and the U.S. Army, Ken Duncan, TACOM-ARDEC

Session 2: Programs & Systems I

Development of IM Grenade Submunitions, Donald Geiss, Jr., TACOM-ARDEC
A System Approach to IM for Solid Rocket Motors - Composite Cases & Reduced Sensitivity Propellants, Paul Johnsen, NAWC and Michael Fisher, NMIC
Evaluation of Sympathetic Detonation Shielding Concepts for Ship-Stowed Munitions, Edward J. O'Connor, NSWC

Session 3: Formulation I

CL-20 PAX Explosives Formulation Development, Characterization, and Testing, Steven Nicolich, TACOM-ARDEC
Development of a Novel High Blast / High Fragmentation Melt Pour Explosive, John Niles, TACOM-ARDEC

Session 4: Policy I

Wednesday, March 12, 2003

Session 5a: Synthesis

The Development of an Alternative Route to Triaminotrinitrobenzene, Dr. Stephen Velarde, ATK Alliant Techsystems, Thiokol Propulsion

Session 5b: Policy II

Towards an IM European Manufacturers Grouping, Ron Scott, Club Murat
French Unit Risk Assignment for IM Offers Visible Logistical Gains an Experience with a Muratized Guided Weapon, Patrick Kernen, DGA/IPE
Navy Insensitive Munitions Prioritization Methodology, Robert Maline, Naval Ordnance Safety & Security
Cost Benefit Analysis Studies of the Introduction of Insensitive Munitions: Is IM Cost of Ownership Cheaper?, by Pascal Marchandin, (NIMIC)

Session 6a: Test and Evaluation

Insensitive Munitions Analytical Compliance System (I-MACS) Concept, George Thompson, Chemical Compliance Systems, Inc.
Recommendations For Shaped Charge Jet, Munitions Test Procedure Part 2 : Gun Propellant, Frédéric Peugeot, NIMIC
Topics of Interest: Ageing & Cook-off, Dr. Michael Sharp, TSO Energetic Materials

Session 6b: Modeling

What's new on Club Murat CBA software?, Jean-Pierre Mazer, Club MURAT
South African Threat Hazard Analysis Approach Proposal, Henco Bezuidenhout, Naschem (Denel)
Numerical Simulation of Reaction Violence to Cook-off Experiments, David Desailly, SNPE CRB
Insensitive Munitions Programmes Overview, Andrew Wilson, BAE Systems Ordnance Systems, Inc.
A Comparison of Techniques for Modeling XDT in Explosives and Propellants, Edward J. O'Connor, NSWC Dahlgren Division

Session 7a: Processing

A New Energetic Prepolymer - Structurally Stable PGN Prepolymer, Edward J. O'Connor, NSWC Dahlgren Division

Session 7b: Formulation II

Advantage of Less Sensitive LTC Gun Propellant, Dr. Dietmar Mueller, Fraunhofer Institut Chemische Technologie (ICT)
Insensitive Energetics for Insensitive Munitions, Richard Wild, Diehl Munitionssysteme GmbH & Co. K.G.
Insensitive Munition Tests for Artillery Fuzes, Jason Fitzgerald-Smith, JUNGHANS Feinwerktechnik

Session 8a: Formulation III

Insensitive Munitions (IM) Melt Pour Explosive Development, Pamela Ferlazzo, TACOM-ARDEC
ARDEC Explosives Development: Melt/Pour Explosives Containing TNAZ, Michael Dewey, ATK-Thiokol Propulsion
Improved Insensitive Hytemp/DOA Bonded HMX and RDX Mixtures by Paste Process, Karl P. Rudolf, Diehl Munitionssysteme GmbH & Co, KG

Session 8b: Test & Evaluation II

Investigation of IM Benefits for Navy Applications, Dr. Patrick N. Carlton, Orion International Technology, Inc.

Thursday, March 13, 2003

Session 9: Energetic Ingredients

Session 10: Programs & Systems II

KS22a The Insensitive High Explosive for Hard Target Defeat Applications, Dr. Werner Arnold, TDW GmbH
Process of Transferring New Energetic Materials from Concept to Production at Holston Army Ammunition Plant, Melissa Hobbs, BAE Systems Ordnance Systems, Inc.