NSWC IHD CRADA partners to support CAD/PAD Joint Program Office
ID: N0017424SN0069Type: Special Notice
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DEPT OF DEFENSEDEPT OF THE NAVYNSWC INDIAN HEAD DIVISIONINDIAN HEAD, MD, 20640-1533, USA

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    Special Notice DEPT OF DEFENSE DEPT OF THE NAVY NSWC INDIAN HEAD DIVISION is seeking Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) partners for the design and manufacture of cartridge actuated devices (CAD), propellant actuated devices (PAD), gas operated devices, electro-explosive devices, energetic devices, and ordnance technologies. The partners will collaborate on second sourcing efforts, product or process improvement efforts, obsolescence mitigation efforts, new technology implementation efforts, cost reduction efforts, manufacturing processes efforts, and other associated efforts within the CAD/PAD field of energetic technologies. Areas of interest include electronic or pyrotechnic time delay initiators, linear energetic products, and other detonation transfer lines. The notice serves as a request for information (RFI) from companies or academic institutions interested in collaboration in innovative design, material development, and engineering solutions. Responses are requested by 31 December 2024.

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    benjamin.m.kerlin.civ@us.navy.mil
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