Vol. 52, No. 3        February 11, 2000

Nonnuclear Weapons

The MilliPen Acceleration Recorder, our smallest high-shock data recorder, had its first test July 29, 1999, at the Energetic Materials Testing Facility in Socorro, N.M. This prove-in test demonstrated the capabilities of the new recorder, a single-channel system with a maximum shock range of 40,000g. The 10-fold reduction in volume and weight of the recorder to 1.4 cubic inches and 0.2 pounds will enable Earth Penetrator testing at higher velocities and larger acceleration forces. (2600) (ETSBU)

We have developed two portable "sniffers" for the detection of explosives and drugs. Miniaturization of the preconcentrator technology, previously used in the personnel explosives detection portal, led to two types of sniffers. One, which draws in large volumes of air for analysis, emulates a trained bomb- or drug-sniffing dog without the drawbacks of canines. The other allows analysis of swipe samples at a forensics scene without the delay of sending them for laboratory analysis. (5800) (NP/MCSBU)

Technology development, evaluation, and educational activities were undertaken for law enforcement and corrections applications for the Office of Science and Technology of the National Institute of Justice. Among notable projects: development of improved fluorescence imaging of forensics evidence, and evaluation of communications interoperability equipment, electronic incarceration monitoring equipment, and drug, explosives, and human-presence-detection devices. (5800, 2600) (NP/MC SBU)

The first volume of school security technologies manuals was written and delivered to the National Institute of Justice (NIJ). The manual was placed on the NIJ's Web site where it received, by far, more hits than any other document in NIJ's history. Sandia's work with school and community leaders in Odessa, Texas, to design and install security technologies received national recognition. This work will result in better use of technologies to address the safety of our nation's children while they are in school. A .pdf version of the document is available at http://www.doe.gov/ schoolsecurity/pdf.htm. (5800) (NP/MCSBU)

The first Explosive Destruction System (EDS) was turned over in May to the US Army Nonstockpile Chemical Matériel program manager in special ceremonies held at Edgewood Arsenal, Aberdeen Proving Grounds. EDS is a mobile system that explosively opens munitions; contains their blast, fragments, and contents; then destroys their chemical warfare agents. EDS will undergo field tests by the Army on actual phosgene- and mustard-filled rounds. (8100, 15300, 8700) (ETSBU)

The installation of the USAF Europe Flightline Security Enhancement Program Phase 1 equipment was successfully completed at Aviano, Italy, this past year. The equipment provides security forces with real-time, day and night assessment capability of flightline activities. The Aviano installation is the first base of six planned and the first part of a two-phase program to improve force protection at US sites in Europe. (5800) (ETSBU)

Sandia and the US Army tested a supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) pilot facility for destroying smokes, spotting dyes, and pyrotechnic munitions. SCWO is an emerging technology that destroys wastes by using water above its critical point (374°C, 217.6 atm). Sandia conducted the original laboratory testing and development, then transitioned the technology to the pilot plant. Tests using a surrogate waste confirmed destruction efficiencies exceeding 99.9 percent at a feed rate up to 420 lb/hr. (7100, 8100, 8300, 8400, 8500, 8700, 8900) (ETSBU)

Elements of a navigation, guidance, and control system including an inertial measurement unit and a SANDAC V flight computer have been delivered to Boeing for use in the first two flight tests of the interceptor for the National Missile Defense System. The components were designed as part of advanced and exploratory systems projects under DOE Defense Programs. They are being provided to Boeing in its role as the lead system integrator for National Missile Defense under a funds-in agreement. (15400, 2300) (ETSBU)

In support of the National Missile Defense program, Sandia during FY99 designed, built, and flight tested 11 targets for three missile launches: Radar Credible Targets test, Integrated Flight Test-3 (IFT) both from Vandenberg AFB, Calif.; and Kodiak lightweight targets test from Alaska. Raytheon's exoatmospheric kill vehicle intercepted one IFT-3 target. The primary customers for this work are the Army and Air Force. (15400, 2600) (ETSBU)

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