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

Wide-Area Detection and Identification of Underwater UXO Using Structural Acoustic Sensors

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1513
Principal Investigator: Dr. Brian Houston, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
SERDP Feb 2011

Wide Area UXO Screening with the Multi-Sensor Fixed-Wing Airborne System MARS

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200607
Principal Investigator: Dr. Stephen Billings, Black Tusk Geophysics Inc.
ESTCP Jun 2010

Wide Area UXO Contamination Evaluation by Transect Magnetometer Surveys

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200533
Principal Investigator: Dr. Daniel Steinhurst, Nova Research, Inc.
ESTCP Jun 2010

Wide Area Assessment for Marine UXO

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200808
Principal Investigator: Mr. Robert Feldpausch, Tetra Tech EC, Inc.
ESTCP Mar 2012

Vortex Lattice UXO Mobility Model for Reef-Type Range Environments

Project Information
Project ID: MR-201003
Principal Investigator: Dr. Gerald D'Spain, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
ESTCP Jul 2012

Use of Target Shape and Size in Classification of UXO in Survey Data

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1455
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jim McDonald, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
SERDP Dec 2009

Use of Shape Representation and Similarity in Classification of UXO in Magnetometry Data

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1354
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jim McDonald, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
SERDP Oct 2004

Use of Commercial Off-The-Shelf Vehicles for Towed Array Magnetometry

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200605
Principal Investigator: Mr. Robert Siegel, SAIC
ESTCP Jun 2010

Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Detection by Enhanced Harmonic Radar

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1071
SERDP May 1999

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

Underwater UXO Multi-Sensor Data Base Collection

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1507
Principal Investigator: Dr. Paul Carroll, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
SERDP Jul 2009

Underwater Simultaneous Electromagnetic Induction and Magnetometer System

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200733
Principal Investigator: Ms. Kelly Enriquez, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (USAESCH)
ESTCP Feb 2011

Underwater Electric Field Sensor for UXO Detection

Project Information
Project ID: MR-2108
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yongming Zhang, QUASAR Federal Systems
SERDP Dec 2011

Ultra-Wideband, Fully Polarimetric Ground Penetrating Radar for UXO Discrimination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-199902
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kevin O'Neill, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
ESTCP Jul 2005

UXO Target Detection and Discrimination with Electromagnetic Differential Illumination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1355
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jack Foley Ph.D., Sky Research, Inc.
SERDP Jun 2005

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

UXO Navigation Technology

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1441
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jack Foley Ph.D., Sky Research, Inc.
SERDP Oct 2008

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

UXO Discrimination by Mid- Frequency Electromagnetic Induction

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1122
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kevin O'Neill, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
SERDP Nov 2002

UXO Detection and Characterization in the Marine Environment

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200324
Principal Investigator: Dr. Dean Keiswetter, SAIC
ESTCP Dec 2009