59 PTE Project
"THERMAL COUNTERMEASURE AMMUNITION WITH INNOVATIVE FLARE SPECTRAL PYROTECHNIC COMPOSITION
FOR ALL TYPES OF AIRCRAFT IN AIR FORCE EQUIPMENT""
Acronim CHIMERA
STATUS: 100% of the objectives have been fulfilled
The Contracting Authority:
Program:
P2 - Increasing the competitiveness of the Romanian economy through research, development, innovation
Subprogram:
2.1 Competitiveness through research, development and innovation - Transfer project to economic operator.
Project title:
Thermal countermeasure ammunition with innovative flare spectral pyrotechnic composition for all types of aircraft in air force equipment
Identification code:
PN-III-P2-2.1-PTE-2019-0213
Contract:
59 PTE/ 07.09.2020
Contract value:
1,714,616 Lei of which:
1,189,000 Lei Funding from the state budget
526,616 Lei Co-financing (CN ROMARM SA own funds)
Contractor:
National Company ROMARM SA
Director:
ENG. Cristea Valentin
Project acronym:
CHIMERA
Contracting period:
07/09/2020 – 07/09/2022
Project timeframe:
24 months
Project stages:
3 Stages
Field:
2. Information and Communication Technology, Space and Security
2.3. Security
Keywords:
Counterweight, NATO standard rectangular ammunition, FLARE, NATO STANAG 4687 - Expendable countermeasures for aircraft and UAVs, 5 NATO STANAG 3686 – Safety design requirements for Airborne Dispenser Weapons.
59 PTE PROJECT – CHIMERA 2020
The aim of the project is to develop the industrial manufacturing capacity of thermal countermeasure (FLARE) munitions through technology transfer and know-how from the Scientific Research Centre for CBRN Defence and Ecology (Partner 1) to CN Romarm SA (Coordinator), one of the largest defence companies in Eastern Europe, which will ensure the implementation of this project within a subsidiary of CN ROMARM SA. The ROMARM subsidiary is specialized in the manufacture, development and subsequent homologation of this type of military equipment - Plopeni Mechanical Plant, in order to ensure the requirements of the Romanian Air Force (training, stock), as well as for external beneficiaries.
59 PTE PROJECT – CHIMERA 2021
The project aims to develop a technology for the industrial production of thermal countermeasure munitions for use by Air Force combat aircraft. This project aims to develop the composition of the thermal countermeasure and priming pyrotechnic composition, the production of mechanical elements such as the cartridge tube, the electrical ignition and discharge cap casing, the ejector piston and its components. The aim is to improve performance by replacing magnesium in the composition with magnesium in order to increase the radiative intensity and the rate of combustion, introducing polyurethane as a binder, which, due to its properties, provides mechanical resistance and resistance to the thermal and oxidative factors to which ammunition is subjected in long-term storage conditions, and using hexamine as a fuel due to its high nitrogen content and high energy density, as well as due to its entirely gaseous reaction products. The development of a new thermal countermeasure requires the characterization of the combustion temperature and its signature in the infrared spectrum, its burning time and the ejection velocity of the pyrotechnic caliber. A high-density polyethylene ejector plunger injection molding line and a pyrotechnic cup molding plant using the semi-liquid pressing process will be developed.
59 PTE PROJECT – CHIMERA 2022
Validation of the prototype batch by testing under real operating conditions and verification of its functionality with a view to approval of the industrial prototype batch - T:07/09/2022.
Final report: final scientific report 59 ETP - thermal countermeasure munitions with innovative flare spectral pyrotechnic composition for all types of aircraft in the air force (Chimera)
