DE Technologies, Inc, wins contract for the compact rapid attack weapon

Wednesday, Dec 31, 2008

DE Technologies, Inc, King of Prussia, Pa., is being awarded a $6,907,641 cost plus fixed fee contract for the continued development of an offensive, directed-energy warhead for the compact rapid attack weapon. This project will develop technologies for a small diameter shaped charge warhead. Technologies include computational modeling and experimental investigation of shaped charge performance, and liner and shaped charge module design that is based on the computational and experimental results. Results delivered will include a shaped charge design and shaped charge liners to be inserted into a full-warhead development model. Work will be performed in King of Prussia, Pa., and work is expected to be completed June 20, 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under the ONR Long Range Broad Agency Announcement for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology, BAA number 08-001 published on Sept 5, 2007.  The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (N00014-09-C-0037).