Certain irreversible operations (like releasing a parachute, cutting a rope, or starting a solid combustible missile engine) may be performed by pyrotechnic igniters ...
Optimized for electronic ignitor applications in automotive safety systems for the deployment of airbags and other safety devices, Vishay Intertechnology’s MEPIC (Massive Electro-Pyrotechnic Ignitor ...
NASA has given the J2-X rocket engine it is developing for a return to the Moon its first hot-fire test, albeit a brief one. Engineers at Stennis Space Center, Miss., tested a pyrotechnic igniter Jan.