The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD) is working jointly with Austin Star Detonator to develop a second source for the current Detonating Cord Assembly (DCA) components. DCA components are also known as Thin Layer Explosive (TLX) components. DCA or TLX components are designed to transfer a detonation signal from input to output device in a wide range of Department of Defense aircraft and weapon system applications. This paper presents the on-going effort to review the criteria as presented in the current DCA Detail Specification (MIL-DTL-82889A dated 25 March 2004) as well as the effort to develop an alternative component configuration capable of meeting all of the specification criteria.
展开▼
