Pyrotechnic and Demolition

The Pyrotechnic and Demolition (LI 0340) program is a Navy budget line item under the Procurement of Ammunition appropriation, supporting the acquisition of pyrotechnic and demolition materials for a wide range of Navy and Marine Corps units. The primary goal of this program is to ensure that all active naval vessels, construction battalions, mobile diving and salvage units, cargo handling and port groups, naval security groups, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams have the necessary pyrotechnic and demolition capabilities for training, operational readiness, and mission execution.

These materials are essential for safety signaling, combat effects simulation, submarine rescue, personnel search and rescue, obstacle clearance, and demolition operations.

The program is divided into two main budget lines: Integrated Warfare Systems and Naval Special Warfare. The Integrated Warfare Systems line focuses on procurement for fleet units, supporting surface, air, ground, and underwater Navy requirements. This includes the acquisition of smoke and flare signals, simulators, remote and time delay firing devices, safe and arming devices, demolition charges, blasting caps, detonating cord, time fuzes, cable cutters, IED disrupters, cartridge actuated devices, shape charges, and shock test charges. The objectives are to maintain fleet readiness, support training and operational exercises, and meet CNO-approved allowance lists and special needs based on worldwide fleet expenditures.

The Naval Special Warfare line supports the specialized needs of SEAL platoons, Special Boat Teams, NSW Task Units/Groups, and other NSW support groups. The goal is to provide pyrotechnics and demolition materials for initial qualification, pre-deployment, and sustainment training, as well as combat exercises and testing. Items procured include smoke and flare signals, combat effects simulators, remote and time delay firing devices, blasting machines, demolition charges, blasting caps, detonating cord, time fuzes, cable cutters, cartridge actuated devices, shape charges, and shock tube type detonators. These materials enable NSW units to construct breaching charges, clear obstacles, destroy equipment, create diversions, and conduct simulation exercises for both defensive and offensive operations.

Key objectives across both lines include the procurement of hardware, renovation of unserviceable rounds, product improvement to address obsolescence, and production engineering to meet DoD and Navy safety and acquisition regulations. Specific efforts in FY 2026 include product improvement programs to resolve obsolescence in demolition items and submarine signals, renovation of radio firing devices, battery replacement for remote timing devices, and procurement of gauges and test equipment to assure ammunition performance and safety. The program also funds production engineering services to support new acquisitions and in-production ammunition, ensuring compliance with safety validation and reliability standards.

Recent procurement actions have included contracts with Crane Army Ammunition Activity, Ensign Bickford, Stresau Labs, American Ordnance, and Combined Systems Inc., among others. These contracts cover a wide range of pyrotechnic and demolition items, with procurement quantities and unit costs adjusted based on market conditions, fleet needs, and efficiency gains from joint service buys. Supplemental funding from the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act and Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act has supported replenishment of specific items such as the DETONATOR, NON-ELEC, MK 121, reflecting the program's responsiveness to emergent operational requirements.

The program also includes support for the Ship Shock Test Program, which requires specialized demolition charges to validate the survivability of naval platforms under simulated combat conditions. Additionally, the line item funds the procurement of training devices and non-standard ammunition items to support fleet and NSW training requirements. Transportation Account Code funding ensures first destination delivery of production items, and Single Manager Conventional Ammunition (SMCA) related costs are included for both fleet and NSW common items.