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ILC supports the munition dispensing community with highly reliable and effective airbag systems typically powered by gas generators. Design and fabrication issues include rapid inflation, hot gas impingement protection, high pressure capability, and cost efficiencies.
Army BAT/ATACMS

Brilliant Anti-Armor Submunition Army Tactical Missle System

Scope of Work:

1. Develop Fabrication Methods for Production (Kevlar Fabric)

  • Improved Adhesive System Developed

  • 2. Conduct Tradeoffs to Reduce Weight
  • Optimized Fabric w/Reduced Denier & Coating Thickness

  • 3. Fabricate and Deliver Ejection Bags for Subsystem Tests
  • Over 200 Subsystems Fabricated, Tested, and Delivered
  • Testing

    White Sands Missle Range, 75 Mile Live Test Firing, November 1997

  • ILC Airbags Dispense 13 BATs (One Active)
  • Active BAT Struck One Armored Combat Vehicle in Line of 9
  • See a video of BAT/ATACMS in action

    Joint Standoff Weapon System (JSOW) for U.S. Air Force and Navy

  • Anti-Armor Capability With Standoff
  • BLU-108 (6) Sensor Fuzed Weapon - Skeet
  • Scope of Work:

    Trade Studies, Design, and Fabrication of Bladder Subsystems for Ejector and Separator Bags

    Current Status

  • Development and Initial Production Hardware Delivered
  • Initial Operational Testing Complete
  • Army BAT/ATACMS, Brilliant Anti-Armor Submunition Army Tactical Missile System

    BAT/ATACMS Airbags.  Supplied By ILC Dover

    BAT/ATACMS Airbags Stripped Away After Ejection

    F/A-18 With Four JSOWs

    JSOW Airbags.  Supplied By ILC Dover

    For more information on Engineered Inflatables, please contact Gil Baird.