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

The Sensitive Detection of Unexploded Ordinance and Other Hazardous Materials

Project Information
Project ID: MR-713
Principal Investigator: Dr. Rosario Sausa, US Army Research Laboratory
SERDP Oct 1995

Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Detection Feasibility Study

Project Information
Project ID: MR-860
Principal Investigator: Dr. John Cullinane, US Army Waterways Experiment Station
SERDP Apr 1996

Multi-Sensor Towed Array Detection System (MTADS) Pine Ridge UXO Characterization and Remediation Demonstration

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1010
ESTCP Nov 1997

Classification and Mapping of Underwater UXO

Project Information
Project ID: MR-199527
ESTCP Dec 1997

Remote Controlled Surface/Near Surface UXO Detector

Project Information
Project ID: MR-199525
ESTCP Oct 1998

Multisensor Data Fusion for Detection of Unexploded Ordnance

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1052
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ernesto Cespedes, US Army WES/EE-S
SERDP Oct 1998

Innovative Seismic System for Buried Unexploded Ordnance Detection and Classification

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1091
Principal Investigator: Mr. Peter Krumhansl, BBN Technologies (Verizion)
SERDP Dec 1998

Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Detection by Enhanced Harmonic Radar

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1071
SERDP May 1999

Multi-Sensor Towed Array Detection System (MTADS)

Project Information
Project ID: MR-199526
ESTCP Sep 1999

Environmental Impacts to the Chemical Signature Emanating from Buried UXO

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1094
Principal Investigator: Mr. Jim Phelan, Sandia National Laboratories
SERDP Oct 1999

Remote Sensing of Surface UXO with Active Laser and Passive Infrared Airborne Line Scanner

Project Information
Project ID: MR-199523
Principal Investigator: Mr. Hollis (Jay) Bennett, Jr., USACE WES
ESTCP Oct 1999

Model-Based Data Fusion and Discrimination of UXO in Magnetometry and EM Surveys

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1092
SERDP Oct 1999

Mobile Underwater Debris Survey System (MUDSS)

Project Information
Project ID: MR-52
SERDP Apr 2000

Multi-Sensor Towed Array Detection System (MTADS) on Native American Lands

Project Information
Project ID: MR-2001
ESTCP Jun 2000

Advanced MTADS Demonstration on Native American Lands

Project Information
Project ID: MR-3001
ESTCP Sep 2000

Detection and Classification of Buried Metallic Objects

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1174
SERDP Oct 2000

Assessment of the Potential for Microgravimetry in Remote Discrimination and Identification of Buried UXO

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1170
Principal Investigator: Dwain Butler, Geotechnical Laboratory
SERDP Dec 2000

Novel Acoustic Technique for UXO Discrimination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1172
Principal Investigator: Dr. David Bell, Battelle
SERDP Jun 2001

Low-Frequency Ultra-Wideband Synethetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for Remote Detection of UXO

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1070
Principal Investigator: Mr. Marc Ressler, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
SERDP Oct 2001

Electromagnetic Induction and Magnetic Sensor Fusion for Enhanced UXO Target Classification

Project Information
Project ID: MR-199812
ESTCP Oct 2001