Controlled Payload Release Mechanism for Pyrophoric Air Expendable Decoy Navy SBIR FY2018.1 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2018.1 Topic No.: N181-014 Topic Title: Controlled Payload Release Mechanism for Pyrophoric Air Expendable Decoy Proposal No.: N181-014-1010 Firm: Rocky Mountain Scientific Laboratory 8120 Shaffer Parkway Suite 100 Littleton, Colorado 80127 Contact: Christopher WIlliams Phone: (303) 792-3336 Web Site: http://www.rmsl.net Abstract: As the Navy works to expand its capabilities against advanced seekers, there may be an opportunity to create pyrophoric countermeasures with carefully timed dispersion characteristics. The ideal pyrophoric countermeasure would rapidly maximize its cross-sectional area to make a desirable target in a pattern or shape which draws the seeker as far away from the aircraft as possible. A linear dispensing pattern consisting of multiple spaced packets may achieve this affect. In this proposal, Rocky Mountain Scientific Laboratory (RMSL) presents two novel concepts for the timed dissemination of pyrophoric foils from a MJU-49/B compatible sub-payload. Downselected candidate payload design(s) will be fabricated for field impulse cartridge ejection testing using inert foils at the end of the Phase I effort. Benefits: Cross-service applications for other countermeasures and grenades, including RF. MMW, IR and UV obscurants. Return