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General Sciences, Incorporated (GSI) was founded in the mid-1980s by Dr. Peter Zavitsanos, a Physical Chemist experienced in the technology of intermetallic and exothermic solid-solid reactions. GSIs initial efforts into utilizing energetic materials were focused on vaporizing metallic species for exo/extreme endoatmospheric cloud formation for national defense and space studies. Other applications for these materials began to surface, and GSI is currently pursuing the use of non-explosive, energetic materials for multiple defense applications, such as replacement of parasitic mass with energetic structural members in munitions, destruction of chemical and biological agents in both storage and deployed configurations, land mine defeat, armor and reinforced concrete breaching, production facility defeat and missile defense. GSI is also engaged in the development of tamper and theft-resistant electronics, expanded diagnostic capabilities for energetic materials, ballistic evaluation of energetic materials and materials processing techniques applicable to reactive materials. GSI offers our customers the flexibility of a small company, the experience of both university and industrial-trained personnel and the ability to successfully apply non-traditional technology to difficult problems. GSI provides reactive material support from raw feedstocks to finished components, as well as diagnostic support throughout the developmental process.
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Mission Statement To apply the science of exothermic materials to the needs of the U.S. Defense community Vision Become the premier research and development group in the arena of high temperature solid state materials and the utilization of this technology to current and future Defense and Research needs Values GSI strives to provide fast and accurate response to the needs of the DoD community at reasonable cost while providing a challenging and fulfilling environment for its employees GSI believes that every customer is unique and will provide a customized approach to satisfy the customers particular needs
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Advanced Materials Ceramics Metal Matrix Composites Intermetallics Composites Advanced Polymers Composites Reentry Vehicle Heat Shield Materials Enhanced Blast Explosives
Countermeasures Decoys & Obscurants - Visible - Infrared - Radar Tailored Spectral Output Simulants Controlled Emissivities Heated Objects & Surfaces Expulsion Hardware (Jammers & Flare Devices) Advanced Obscurants (Smoke) Pyro-Mechanics for Ignition/Expulsion Metal Vapor Release Canisters
Warhead Development
Electro-Optics
Advanced Penetrator Concepts - Reactive Fragments Adv. Shaped Charge Technology - Chemical Energy Warhead Development - Chemically Enhanced KE Penetrators Advanced High Temperature Incendiaries (HTI) Payloads - Chem/Bio Kill - Thermobaric/HTI Munitions
UV/VIS/IR Spectral Characterization Spatial Characterization Chemical Spectroscopy Tailored Devices Optical Contamination Sensor RF Characterization
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DoE
MHD Heat Source
US Air Force
Wake Augmentation Jammer Expulsion Advanced Heat Shield Materials Agent Defeat
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Lockheed Martin
Multispectral Countermeasures Flare Development Agent Defeat Mine Defeat
SAIC
Foreign Technology Agent Defeat
General Dynamics
BattleAxe Model Development
Sandia
Space Flight Canisters Flare Performance
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Address: 205 Schoolhouse Road, Souderton, PA. 18964-2416 Telephone Number: (215) 723-8588 Fax Number: (215) 723-8875 Email: GSI@General-Sciences.com Web-Site: WWW.General-Sciences.com Dr. Peter D. Zavitsanos, President and Senior Scientist Evelyn C. Downs, Chief Financial Officer and Contracts Manager Anthony J. Rozanski, Vice President of Engineering and Operations Charles W. Files, Vice President of Research and Development GSI is a TOP SECRET facility with SECRET safeguarding
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