A version of this article appears in the September 15 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology. Soldiers use smoke grenades for concealment and to signal via the release of colored smoke. In the U.S.

Pine Bluff Arsenal's Directorate of Ammunition Operations achieved a major quality milestone in April, when it produced its four millionth M18 colored smoke grenade without a failure. The directorate ...

THE MAJOR dye components of the smoke formulation are benzanthrone (BZA) (54% of the dye components) and dibenzochrysenedione (DBC) (38%) (Lundy and Eaton 1994). DBC is also referred to as vat yellow ...

A recent Army contracting notice looks at first glance more likely to be from a whimsical chocolate factory than a major weapons arsenal that produces battlefield-ready incendiary munitions. The ...