Destruct Charge & Bulk Destruct Charge
Product Description
A Destruct Charge, also known as a Bulk Destruct Charge, is a device used to terminate the flight of an errant launch vehicle, missile or target vehicle. A critical component of our Flight Termination System, it is designed to receive a detonation input signal from a Detonator or Explosive Transfer Line. Upon initiation, the high explosive output penetrates and vents the vehicle motor case to terminate the vehicle flight. Missile applications, strategic and tactical, along with space applications of flight termination can easily be tailored to achieve mission goals. Our destruct charges can easily serve multiple applications with tailored mounting options.
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Key Features
- Use on national and European ranges
- Effortless mounting
- FCDCA, LEEFI, and other initiation methods
- Rugged construction
- High dynamic and thermal environment capability
- Fast development, prototyping, and penetration testing for design verification
- MIL-STD-1316 compliant explosive materials
- Qualified to RCC-319-14 and other heritage Range Safety standards
Bulk Destruct Charge Heritage
Our engineering heritage for designing and manufacturing Flight Termination and Destruct Systems utilizing destruct charges in Launch Vehicles, Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM’s), Conventional Missiles, and Target Vehicles dates back over three decades to the Space Shuttle and Minuteman III ICBM. We are regularly involved in new vehicle design and qualification activities as our diverse product base, coupled with our experience as systems integrators, provides for innovative design concepts tailored to meet individual application requirements.
Extensive knowledge of Range Safety (meeting both EWR 127-1 and RCC-319) requirements enables us to offer technically superior, high reliability systems which conform to the stringent standards designed to assure safety of the public, property and environment.
Applications
Vehicles with PacSci EMC qualified Destruct Charges:
- Predator B (UAV)
- QF-4
- ATACMS
- Tomahawk Cruise Missile
- Space Shuttle – Solid Motor Destruct
- Minuteman III ICBM
- Rocket Systems Launch Program
- Payload Launch Vehicle
- Supersonic Sea Skimming Target
- Delta II
- Delta IV
- AGM – 130
- Pershing I and II
- Poseidon
- HARM
Specifications
- Operating Temperature Range
-65 °F (-54 °C) to +350 °F (+176.67 °C) - Shock
1400g @ 10,000Hz (and per vehicle environments) - Vibration
33.5Grms (and per vehicle environments) - Output
Detonation – sized for 150% vehicle motor case thickness
Penetration > 1.5 inch steel available - Application Specifications
EWR-127
RCC319-14
Interface
FAQ's
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Is the Net Explosive Weight tailorable?
We make LSC from 7 grain and higher along with cylindrical puck charges of varying diameters from 1.6 inch to 3.5 inch.
