LITMUS to research carbon nanostructures for US Naval Air Warfare Center

Apr. 12, 2007 — LITMUS Defense, LLC has entered into a formal agreement with the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division (NAWCWD), for the research and development of carbon nanostructures in advanced rocket motors and warheads.

The NAWCWD is the premier R&D center within the Naval Air Systems Command, conducting basic and applied research of advanced technologies related to tactical naval air weapons systems. NAWCWD has extensive expertise, multi-billion dollar research and test facilities, and information in energetic systems.

The use of high quality carbon nanotubes and nanofibers into various rocket motor and warhead components and propellants promises multiple enhanced properties. These include increasing thermal conductivity and performance, increasing the strength of materials and alloys, and reducing the weight and size of structural components, thereby dramatically affecting the structure and propellants of rockets to provide greater thrust per second into a system.

LITMUS Defense says its experience with integration of carbon nanostructures will enable it not only to conduct the required research, but also to commercialize the resulting technologies.

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