An Overview of the CAD/PAD
Joint Program Office (JPO)
Product Improvement Programs
Mr. Thomas J. Blachowski
CAD Research and Development & Product Improvement
Programs
Branch Indian
Head Division Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head, MD
20640
The Cartridge Actuated Device/Propellant Actuated Device (CAD/PAD) JPO supports the tri-service U.S. Department of Defense community by conducting a wide range of research, product development, and Product Improvement Programs (PIPs). New and enhanced CAD/PAD components are being developed to address the evolving requirements of the USN, USMC, USAF, USAA, NASA, and other specific system applications. This paper presents an overview of selected on-going CAD/PAD JPO programs. Specifically, this paper updates the progress achieved in the development of new energetic materials to be used in cartridge percussion primers, new technologies capable of proving precise timing between output events, and enhanced initiation technologies which can reliably ignite insensitive explosive compositions.
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