Affordable High Rate Manufacturing Process for High Density Sub-Projectiles Navy SBIR FY2009.1 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2009.1 Topic No.: N091-080 Topic Title: Affordable High Rate Manufacturing Process for High Density Sub-Projectiles Proposal No.: N091-080-0029 Firm: Bennett Aerospace, LLC 2054 Kildaire Farm Road #181 Cary, North Carolina 27518 Contact: Douglas Bennett Phone: (919) 859-5454 Web Site: www.BennettAerospace.com Abstract: The objective of this proposed program is to create a cost effective mass production process using Selective Laser Sintering technology (SLS) to produce complex geometry projectiles for the Navy - on a mass production basis. The existing situation is that the US Navy uses complex-geometry flechette projectiles made of high density tungsten with rail-gun technology. Traditional manufacturing for projectiles, especially those projectiles with complex geometries such as flechettes, can be costly. The high-temperature SLS technology offers the potential to significantly reduce the cost of complex-shape projectiles for the Navy and simultaneously allow for the design of even more complex shapes where the Navy does not have to worry about the manufacturability of the projectiles. Benefits: Our proposed system provides a host of benefits and advantages over traditional fabrication technologies. These include the ability to have more flechettes in a given projectile, the technology is applicable to other parts, both prototyping and production can occur on the same machine and even at the same time. Parts are generated quickly and the technology is easily scalable. Return