75 PTE Project

75 PTE PROJECT

Common propulsion systems such as unguided systems, which are strictly necessary for any army, include portable grenade launchers, rockets, multiple rocket launchers on vehicles, rocket launchers on aircraft and boats. The aim of this project is to recreate a vital capability of the national defence industry by transferring an innovative composite rocket fuel technology from academia and research to industrial partner C.N. ROMARM S.A.. The industrial prototype development of this new rocket fuel manufacturing technology involves the use of an affordable oxidant with low sensitivity and minimal environmental impact, as well as energy binder systems that can also incorporate materials obtained by recycling PET. These new propellants perform at least as well as dual-based powders (based on cellulose nitrates and glycerol trinitrate), while having low sensitivity and low environmental impact. The composite solid fuel will have dual applicability and can be used nationally and in civil propulsive applications, including the national anti-hail rocket atmospheric intervention system (made by ROMARM SA), which currently uses obsolete, polluting, imported fuels.
The academic and research consortium that developed and validated the experimental model and that will assist ROMARM SA in the development of this technology is composed of prestigious institutions with long experience in research and development of military technology and advanced materials: the Ferdinand I Military Technical Academy, the CBRN and Ecology Defence Research and Innovation Centre and the National Research and Development Institute for Chemistry and Petrochemistry.

The project's first stage consists of analyzing the laboratory technology and transferring knowledge to the economic partner to design and execute the pilot plant for the manufacturing of the prototype.