SERDP/ESTCP/NAOC Technology Transfer Workshop
July 16-17, 2008, Denver, Colorado

SERDP, ESTCP, and the National Association of Ordnance Contractors (NAOC) hosted a workshop to promote transfer of emerging munitions response technologies to the user community. Nearly 140 technology developers, contractors, regulators, and government project managers attended this event, which showcased rapidly maturing munitions detection, classification, and characterization technologies. The workshop featured a series of platform presentations on next generation sensors, the future of munitions response technologies, and successful applications of maturing munitions detection and classification technologies. During an outdoor session at the Denver Federal Center, participants had the opportunity to tour 10 stations at which technology developers demonstrated a variety of cart-based and handheld platforms using electromagnetic induction (EMI) and magnetic sensors along with a filler identification system based on acoustic technology. Classroom tutorials were offered on four software products developed to facilitate munitions response projects. The workshop closed with a panel discussion on barriers to transitioning emerging technologies to the field, mature technologies ready for operational applications, potential cost savings of advanced munitions detection and classification technologies, and gaps in technology that still need to be addressed.
 

Workshop on Technology Needs for the Characterization, Management, and Remediation of Military Munitions in Underwater Environments
July 31-August 1, 2007, San Diego, California

As a result of past military training and weapons testing activities, munitions are present at thousands of current and former DoD sites encompassing millions of acres. Many active and former military installations have ranges and training areas that include adjacent water environments such as ponds, lakes, rivers, estuaries, and coastal ocean areas. SERDP and ESTCP sponsored a workshop to allow government managers and investigators to explore ongoing work in related fields that may be applicable to underwater munitions sites, as well as to identify gaps in understanding that must be addressed by future research. The goals of the workshop were to establish guidance for DoD’s future investments by identifying gaps in capabilities that could be addressed through integration and demonstration of systems based on existing technologies and gaps in understanding that must be addressed by basic and applied research in phenomenology, sensor development, signal processing, and supporting technologies. Technology-specific research and demonstrations are described in the Workshop Report.
 

SERDP/ESTCP/NAOC Technology Transfer Workshop
July 20-21, 2005, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

SERDP, ESTCP, and the National Association of Ordnance Contractors (NAOC) hosted a workshop to promote transfer of emerging UXO detection and discrimination technologies to the user community. Case studies of technology applications in the field highlighted handheld, vehicular, and airborne system successes as well as data processing and software tool achievements. Nearly 150 attendees toured eight outdoor demonstration stations displaying man-portable, vehicular, and airborne platforms with various configurations of electromagnetic induction (EMI) and magnetic sensors, as well as navigation systems that support UXO detection and discrimination. Participants also toured the shallow water Standardized Test Site at APG and observed a demonstration of a promising marine UXO detection system. Indoors, attendees viewed demonstrations of software that discriminates UXO from non-UXO items and project management tools and heard technical presentations on innovative UXO detection sensors and remediation systems. The workshop culminated with a panel discussion by representatives from the Navy, Army, U.S. EPA, Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, SERDP/ESTCP, and NAOC.