1377: Cartridge and Propellant Actuated Devices and Components
Weapons & Ammunition › Ammunition & Explosives · Figures are FPDS award actions reporting this code.
Product code
Active
Overview
- FY2026 obligations
- $181.45M
- $181,453,938awarded under 1377
- FY2026 awards
- 343
- awards with an action under this code
Obligations by fiscal year of action
- FY2026: $181,453,938
- FY2025: $241,696,085
- FY2024: $193,661,560
- FY2023: $217,170,585
- FY2022: $226,266,581
Total across 5 fiscal years: $1,060,248,750
Source: FPDS award actions reporting this PSC. Obligations are the sum of the obligation on each action (modifications included). Department of Defense actions appear about 90 days after they are signed.
Definition
- Official name
- Cartridge and Propellant Actuated Devices and Components
- Short name
- CARTRIDGE AND PROPELLANT ACTUATED DEVICES AND COMPONENTS
- Category
- Weapons & Ammunition › Ammunition & Explosives
- Status
- Active since October 1, 2011
- Includes
- Impulse Cartridges; Delay Cartridges; Engine Starter Cartridges (explosive filled); Fire Extinguisher Cartridges (used to activate by remote control); Aircraft Ejection Seat Catapults; Rocket Motors (Solid Propellant Units) for Aircraft Ejection Seats; Aircraft Canopy Removers; Thrusters, propellant and cartridge actuated; Initiators; Explosive Bolts and Explosive Bolt Cartridges; Cutters, cartridge or propellant actuated, Reefing Line; Powder actuated Tool Cartridges; Explosive Loaded Devices and Components which are not specifically classified elsewhere.
- Excludes
- Liquid Propellant Fuels and Oxidizers; Solid Propellants, encased in consumable containers for insertion into missile propulsion systems as an integral part; Guided Missile Explosive Devices; Bulk and Solid Propellants, predetermined to specific quantity and quality, packaged in reusable containers; Blasting and Demolition Materials; Rocket Motors, Warheads and Propulsion Sections for Rockets and Guided Missiles.
- Note
- This class includes safety-in-flight explosive items, consisting of a quantity of propellant (either encased in a cartridge or in molded form) and a means of activation, designed to be inserted into or attached to one or more devices to provide the energy required to operate devices requiring a time delay, or not requiring a time delay, in their operating sequence. Also included are devices designed to utilize energy generated by the items described above.
Top buying agencies
FY2024–FY2026 · awarding sub-tier agencies
| Rank | Agency | Obligated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department Of The Navy | $334,999,106 | 54.3% |
| 2 | Department Of The Air Force | $282,582,068 | 45.8% |
| 3 | U.S. Coast Guard | $497,089 | 0.1% |
| 4 | Defense Logistics Agency | $263,742 | <0.1% |
| 5 | District Of Columbia Courts | $178,160 | <0.1% |
| 6 | Department Of The Army | $122,308 | <0.1% |
| 7 | Department Of State | $61,578 | <0.1% |
| 8 | Agency For International Development | $57,895 | <0.1% |
| 9 | Federal Prison Industries / Unicor | $53,172 | <0.1% |
| 10 | Bureau Of Reclamation | $45,600 | <0.1% |
Top vendors
FY2024–FY2026
| Rank | Vendor | Obligated | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY (CALIFORNIA LLC) | $174,396,197 | 67 | 28.3% |
| 2 | MARTIN-BAKER AIRCRAFT CO LTD | $165,049,795 | 60 | 26.8% |
| 3 | CHEMRING ENERGETIC DEVICES INC | $46,081,823 | 79 | 7.5% |
| 4 | ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. | $44,978,672 | 76 | 7.3% |
| 5 | NAMMO DEFENSE SYSTEMS INC. | $20,998,677 | 23 | 3.4% |
| 6 | CCI CAPCO LLC | $20,803,939 | 24 | 3.4% |
| 7 | EAGLEPICHER TECHNOLOGIES LLC | $16,705,726 | 14 | 2.7% |
| 8 | PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS CO CALIFORNIA LLC | $14,627,949 | 20 | 2.4% |
| 9 | ROCKWELL COLLINS INC | $14,396,432 | 38 | 2.3% |
| 10 | RAYTHEON COMPANY | $13,234,271 | 1 | 2.1% |