##  [Impact Stories](/impact-stories) 

# LDRD  
Impact Stories

 







 



 



 

 



 

 



 

 

 

High Explosives Manufacturing:

New formulation methods are combined with modeling and simulation to fill critical knowledge gaps and enable new methods to manufacture plastic bonded high explosives

*—Kyle Sullivan, PI*

[Download the PDF](https://ldrd-annual.llnl.gov/sites/ldrd_annual/files/2026-06/Kyle.%20Sullivan%20-%20Impact%20Success%20Narrative%206%208%202026%20Final.pdf)





DarkStar:

Investigating artificial intelligence and machine learning applications to scientific problems of complex hydrodynamics, shockwave physics, and energetic materials

*— Jon Belof, PI*

[Download the PDF](https://ldrd-annual.llnl.gov/sites/ldrd_annual/files/2026-06/Jon%20Belof%20Impact%20Success%20Narrative%206%208%202026%20Final.pdf)