The Development of a Malodorous Tactical Munition to Disperse Humans from an Enclosed Area Navy SBIR FY2011.3 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2011.3 Topic No.: N113-174 Topic Title: The Development of a Malodorous Tactical Munition to Disperse Humans from an Enclosed Area Proposal No.: N113-174-0155 Firm: Seacoast Science, Inc 2151 Las Palmas Drive Suite C Carlsbad, California 92011-1575 Contact: Geoffrey Landis Phone: (760) 268-0083 Web Site: www.seacoastscience.com Abstract: This proposal addresses the need for newer and safer technologies to reduce human injuries or death during the use of non-lethal force in rooms, prison cells, ocean vessels or other enclosed areas to disperse people. In enclosed areas, modern riot control agents (RCAs) cannot readily escape and their ambient concentration and can often exceed their safety limit for human exposure and cause severe acute or chronic health problems. Thus, the development of newer, non-lethal RCAs in tactical munitions is warranted. The overall goal of this project is to develop malodorous munitions that are deployed in a sealed form-factor so that they can be delivered to specific locations to clear individuals from an enclosed space without causing adverse health effects. In Phase I (and Option) Seacoast will focus on three main tasks: (1) to determine the malodorous payload's noxious concentration threshold to remove people from an enclosed area using the government's malodorous formulation; (2) to determine the feasibility of using malodorants to remove individuals from enclosed spaces; and (3) to demonstrate that prototype form-factor munitions containing the malodorous payload can quickly remove people from an enclosed area without causing them acute negative health affects. Benefits: The commercial benefits would be the availability of a non-lethal weapon that doesn't cause acute or chronic illness when used on individuals. The malodorous munitions would be used to quickly drive individuals out of enclosed areas. The SWAT teams for police departments could use this device for remove individuals for office rooms, public rooms, homes, and business in order to contain a dangerous situation. The Department of Corrections could use this malodorous munitions in enclosed area to control a prison riot with causing injuries to the rioters. The US Coast Guard could use malodorous munitions to evacuate small boats for individuals from ships when necessary. The malodorous munitions can be applied to any dangerous situation involving the removal of individuals from enclosed space with harming the individuals in the process. Return