Tools

Since establishment as a NATO project in 1991, MSIAC has developed a suite of tools to support our member nations' efforts to design, develop, procure, and use safer munitions. During this time our tools have evolved and grown with both the needs of the community and advances in technology. We remain focused on providing member nations with a set of tools that are not only useful to their munition safety activities, but also easy and intuitive to use.

Download the latest MSIAC Tools brochure here.

MSIAC CYLinder Expansion database (MCYLEX)
A database of high explosive cylinder expansion test setups and test results
Toolbox of Engineering Models for the Prediction of Explosive Reactions (TEMPER)
Tool for the prediction of explosive reactions to IM threats
Safety Assessment Software (SASO)
Aid in standardisation of the S3 assessment made before introducing munitions into service
NIMIC Excel Worksheets on GAp TESts (NEWGATES)
Database of common gap test set ups and test results
Mitigation Technologies for Munitions (MTM)
Database providing information on mitigation technologies for munitions
Munition Safety Standards Database (MSaS)
Library of international and national standards
MSIAC Quantity Distance Consequence Analysis Tool (MQDCAT)
MQDCAT performs an experimentally validated consequence analysis of ammunition storage accidents
MSIAC Accident Database Exchange (MADx)
Multi-national accident database with government-lead contributions
Insensitive Munitions Benchmarks
Brochure to promote achievable IM technologies
Energetic Materials Compendium (EMC)
Database providing information on explosives, propellants and pyrotechnics
Cost Benefit Analysis Model (CBAM)
Calculate the benefits of introducing IM into munitions inventories
Analytical Response Models (ARM)
Computational tools for the use of modeling in assessing munitions safety
Advanced IM Search (AIMS)
Web-based platform for quick and easy search of Insensitive Munition Test Results