Our facility combines a supply of explosive precursors, sophisticated mixing equipment, and a remote production facility which enables us to rapidly execute all phases of explosive testing.  

We support both commercial and government customers in testing various explosive prototypes and energetic systems. Our advanced diagnostics allow for destructive testing of a variety of products and applications beyond traditional explosive, energetic, and ballistic testing.

IS4S has developed advanced manufacturing systems by utilizing cutting edge technologies integrated into our custom shipping container solutions. These systems leverage additive and subtractive manufacturing technologies to provide an agile and distributed solution. The system can be automated through robotic integration to provide maximum flexibility and capability. With these advancements, IS4S is working to bring together innovative design with advanced manufacturing capabilities. This includes utilizing AI and adaptive manufacturing to modernize weapon systems, enhance warfighter capabilities, and increase material readiness. 

We understand that rapid testing and development of new technologies is crucial to modern warfare’s evolving needs. Additive manufacturing (AM) enables these rapid technology advancements through modularity, eliminating retooling needs, and supporting scalable production. We have worked with AM experts to develop and test novel additive munitions such as a conformally printed electronic circuit for the 40mm grenade. We offer an exceptional ability to provide complementary rapid testing capabilities for rapid development of additive manufacturing munitions and technologies.

We are at the edge of energetic 3D printing through the development of novel energetic filaments, testing additively manufactured explosives, and working safety designs for energetic printers. 3D printing of energetics has opened new possibilities in geometries that would be impossible with traditional manufacturing methods. IS4S has developed specialty incendiary filaments that print from a typical FDM or SLS 3D printer. We have also designed printer modifications that enhance reliability and safety when processing energetics on commercially available printers. 

To enable rapid development and testing of explosive warheads, our team conducts prototype level and low-rate filling of a variety of warheads. Our current capabilities extend across all melt-cast and pressed explosives, especially Comp B, Octol, TNT, PBXN-5, PBXN-10, and novel formulations. We also mix small batches of both standard and novel explosives for fill, and we have all required facilities to properly store, ship, and test filled items on-site. Our work includes pressing of boosters and filling and testing warheads for a variety of customers.  

Our team has developed a plethora of small and medium caliber munition variants with a wide range of payloads such as reconnaissance platforms, deployed network systems, and various kinetic payloads.

We specialize in taking unique requirements for these munitions and utilizing our world-class design capabilities, rapid prototyping, and on-site testing to deliver for our customers.  

We provide cutting-edge machine learning solutions designed for real world applications. Our capabilities focus on utilizing advanced AI concepts to provide tangible results for the customer and end user and that will rapidly advance mission objectives. Our work includes advanced object detection, tracking, and localization systems for drones. We utilize multiple hardware platforms including the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano with GPU-accelerated inference through PyTorch, creating solutions that operate directly on the edge providing real-time capabilities. We have also worked on utilizing AI data analysis for feedback into digital twin models utilizing computer vision. 

We are increasing our capabilities in artificial intelligence research through continued implementation of AI technologies. Our team is developing in-house large language models (LLMs) focused on retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and agentic AI. These systems will enable the engineering expertise of our company to rapidly engage and improve on existing and future endeavors. These models are being designed for local, on-site deployment and enabling robust language processing capabilities tailored for secure applications. 

With our federal firearms license (FFL) and federal explosive license (FEL), IS4S executes advanced ballistic testing and development. Our capabilities include advanced diagnostics, novel rounds, prototype systems, integration, suppressor development, and other testing.  

We have an array of small arms, reloading capabilities, and integrated fabrication/loading facilities on-site enabling us to rapidly execute all types of ballistic tests.