Munitions Response

SERDP and ESTCP’s Munitions Response program area supports the development and demonstration of innovative technologies that can characterize, remediate, and scientifically manage sites affected by military munitions.

Completed Projects List
Project Title Completed

Handheld UXO Sensor Improvements to Facilitate UXO/Clutter Discrimination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1381
Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas Bell, SAIC
SERDP Nov 2007

A New Sensor Based Upon a Rotating-Coil Electromagnetic Induction Concept

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1447
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jim McDonald, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
SERDP Oct 2007

Evaluation of Airborne Electromagnetic Systems for Detection and Characterization of Unexploded Ordnance

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200101
Principal Investigator: Dr. William Doll, Battelle Memorial Institute
ESTCP Oct 2007

UXO Precise Position Tracking Using Time-Modulated Ultra-Wideband Communications

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200029
Principal Investigator: Mr. Scott Millhouse, USACE Huntsville
ESTCP Oct 2007

Low-Cost Hot Gas Decontamination of Explosives-Contaminated Firing Range Scrap

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200032
Principal Investigator: Ms. Deborah Furnari, U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center
ESTCP Oct 2007

Frequency Domain Electromagnetic Sensor Array Development

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1450
Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas Bell, SAIC
SERDP Sep 2007

Remote Excavation of Heavily Contaminated UXO Sites

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200327
Principal Investigator: Mr. Alan Crandall, USA Environmental, Inc.
ESTCP Sep 2007

Advanced Magnetic System for UXO Detection and Discrimination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1327
SERDP Jun 2007

Quantification of UXO Variability for Target Discrimination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1313
Principal Investigator: Mr. Jonathan Miller, SAIC
SERDP Jun 2007

Physics-Based Modeling and Signal Processing for SAR Detection of Former Bombing Ranges and Burial Pits

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1283
Principal Investigator: Mr. Lawrence Carin, Duke University
SERDP Jun 2007

Enhanced Electromagnetic Tagging for Embedded Tracking of Munitions and Ordnance During Future Remediation Efforts

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1272
Principal Investigator: Dr. Keith Shubert, Battelle Memorial Institute
SERDP Jun 2007

UXO Discrimination in Cases with Overlapping Signatures

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1282
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kevin O'Neill, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
SERDP Apr 2007

Intra-Inversion Filtering for Use of Magnetic Fields to Locate and Characterize Magnetic Dipoles for UXO Cleanup

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1452
Principal Investigator: Dr. Raymond Rene, Rene Geophysics
SERDP Feb 2007

Signal Processing and Modeling for UXO Detection and Discrimination in Highly Contaminated Sites

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1281
Principal Investigator: Prof. Leslie Collins, Duke University
SERDP Feb 2007

Determining the Properties and Capabilities of an Existing Experimental Large Loop EM61 Underwater UXO Detector

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1385
Principal Investigator: Mr. Peeter Pehme, Waterloo Geophysics Inc.
SERDP Dec 2006

Sensor Orientation Effects on UXO Geophysical Target Discrimination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1310
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jack Foley Ph.D., Sky Research, Inc.
SERDP Dec 2006

Dredging Equipment Modifications for Detection and Removal of Ordnance

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200321
Principal Investigator: Mr. William Wild, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
ESTCP Dec 2006

A Unified Approach to UXO Discrimination Using the Method of Auxiliary Sources

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1446
Principal Investigator: Dr. Leonard Pasion, Black Tusk Geophysics
SERDP Oct 2006

Empirical Corrections to Dipole Model

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1451
Principal Investigator: Mr. Jonathan Miller, SAIC
SERDP Oct 2006

Laser Neutralization of Hazardous Unexploded Ordnance

Project Information
Project ID: MR-199909
Principal Investigator: Mr. Valter Ezerins, Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Tech Div
ESTCP Oct 2006