Destruct Charge & Bulk Destruct Charge
Product Description
A Destruct Charge can mean Bulk Destruct Charge or Linear Shaped Charge. It 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.
Download Destruct Charge & Bulk Destruct Charge Datasheet
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
- Defeated carbon fiber, aluminum 661 & 775 and steel 4140
- Qualified to RCC-319-14 & -19 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 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.
Specifications
- Operating Temperature Range
-65 °F (-54 °C) to +159 °F (71°C) - Shock
1950g @ 2,200Hz (and per vehicle environments) - Vibration
47.93Grms (and per vehicle environments) - Mass
2.4lbs (1,130g) - Output
Detonation – sized for 150% vehicle motor case thickness - Application Specifications
RCC319-14 & 19
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.
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How is penetration margin shown for the BDC?
Per Para 4.34.2 of RCC 319 a 6 unit penetration margin test is performed against 150% thick samples of customer provided target material.
