The US Department of War is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to advance the state-of-the-art in maturing thermoplastic propellant manufacturing approaches for base-bleed/base-burner grains using processing methods analogous to commercial polymer manufacturing.

The team selected for this effort must have the knowledge and experience to refine the thermoplastic propellant formulation, establish live-material mixing, shredding, extrusion, pelletizing, and compression-molding processes, develop molding tooling and a compatible inhibitor, and conduct material, mechanical, ballistic, and manufacturing characterization. The overall goal is to reduce tooling quantities and maintenance, enable reuse of excess or discrepant material, reduce manual energetic-material handling, support automation, and establish repeatable manufacturing parameters and technical data needed to maintain and sustain a future production capability

If you feel your organization has the technical capabilities and would like to be considered for this project, please complete the form below and upload your organization’s technical capabilities statement.

Interested Submissions Due by 10/2/26.

We encourage participation of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs), including Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) and Women’s Business Enterprises (WBEs).