Pyrotechnics and civil aeronautical critic missions - by Fabien

How pyrotechnics can contribute to “UAV” issues?

Unmanned aerial vehicles like stratospheric balloons or test aircraft flying autonomously.

They need an emergency Flight Termination Solution.

This pyrotechnic solution has a critical added-value in that function.

The energetic material is selected with regards to its intrinsic stability properties.

They will enable the perfect performance of the mission despite of severe environments, especially hard variation of temperatures and radiation.

A plug and play technology

If you consider the equipment integration into the aircraft, pyrotechnic systems are optimized in terms of mass and flexibility. They can therefore be easily mounted on the main system designed by the customer. Some talk about a plug and play technology!

How pyrotechnics contribute to new “electrivally-propelled aircraft”?

They need a solution for protection against electrical arcs in high voltage systems.

Pyrotechnics has been identified as the only technology offering a fast enough circuit-cutting solution.

Their functioning time is based on powder combustion.

And the powder combustion is really much faster than any other type of energy liberation.