In recent years a number of questions have arisen in relation to the handling and storage of HD 1.3 ammunition and explosives. New empirical evidence from the US, related to the confined combustion of propellants, as well as the 2018 MSIAC workshop on Improved Explosives and Munitions Risk Management (IEMRM) provide relevant information that may help answer these questions.
MSIAC was requested by AC/326 SGC to organize a technical meeting, and bring the community together.
Due to risk associated with ongoing travel restrictions, the plenary session of the Defects Workshop will now be held as a virtual meeting between the 9th and 11th of March 2021 using the GoToMeeting platform. We are once again accepting workshop registrations and abstract submissions.
The goal of the meeting is to direct improvements, seek efficiencies and develop confidence in the qualification process and procedures. This will be achieved by providing a forum for the nations to discuss common concerns associated with energetic materials qualification, including time constraints, exchange of information, processes and/or understanding current materials.
MSIAC is organizing a workshop to exploit an improved understanding of munitions vulnerability and consequences to deliver improvements in explosives and munitions risk management. The current management of explosives and munitions risks is a broad area covered by many policy documents. These documents are based on a combination of best practice and underpinning technical and scientific knowledge.
The aim of this second one and a half day technical meeting on the “Impact of RAM on Munitions Safety and Suitability for Service” is to gather current thinking on the risks, safety and programme-related issues associated with using new munitions manufacturing technologies such as RAM.
Discussions will aim to cover both munitions containing energetic materials manufactured via the RAM and those munitions manufactured using the RAM.
The aim of this one day technical meeting on the “Impact of RAM on Munitions Safety and Suitability for Service” is to gather current thinking on the risks, safety and programme-related issues associated with using new munitions manufacturing technologies such as RAM.
Discussions will aim to cover both munitions containing energetic materials manufactured via the RAM and those munitions manufactured using the RAM.
The aim of this one day technical meeting on the “Insensitive Munitions and Hazard Classification Harmonisation” is to solicit input form the IM and HC communities for this effort. Progress to date will be presented, feedback will be sought, and there will be the opportunity to provide your input into this effort.
On behalf of the CNAD Ammunition Safety Group, the NATO Munitions Safety Information Analysis Centre (MSIAC) and the UK Defence Ordnance Safety Group (DOSG) are pleased to announce a workshop to establish the scope for the NATO Smart Defence Initiative (SDI) on Integrated Munitions Health Management (IMHM).
The workshop’s objectives are to improve the understanding of cook off of energetic materials and their systems. These objectives will be achieved through discussions and presentations on chemical and physical changes, heating rate and heating conditions, critical ignition and growth conditions, reaction phenomenology, models and modelling, and sub-scale testing to system-level tests.
