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.

Active Projects List
Project Title Start Date

Acoustic Response of Underwater Munitions Near a Sediment Interface: Measurement-Model Comparisons and Classification Schemes

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Project ID: MR-2231
Principal Investigator: Dr. Steven Kargl, University of Washington
SERDP Mar 2012

Advanced EMI Data Collection Systems' Demonstration

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Project ID: MR-201165
Principal Investigator: Dr. Barry Spargo, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
ESTCP Mar 2011

Advanced EMI Models and Classification Algorithms: The Next Level of Sophistication to Improve Discrimination of Challenging Targets

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Project ID: MR-2225
Principal Investigator: Dr. Fridon Shubitidze, Dartmouth College
SERDP Mar 2012

Advanced EMI Models for Live-Site UXO Discrimination

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Project ID: MR-201101
Principal Investigator: Dr. Fridon Shubitidze, Dartmouth College/Sky Research Inc.
ESTCP Mar 2011

Advanced SAS Imaging Methods for Resonating Underwater Acoustic Targets

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Project ID: MR-2322
Principal Investigator: Mr. Ira Ekhaus, BAE Systems
SERDP Jan 2013

Advancing Discrimination Performance by Integrating SAINT with Handheld Electromagnetic Induction Sensors

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Project ID: MR-200810
Principal Investigator: Dr. Dean Keiswetter, SAIC
ESTCP Jun 2008

Analysis of Multi-Axis, Multi-Coil Electromagnetic Induction Sensor Data for UXO Discrimination

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Project ID: MR-200910
Principal Investigator: Dr. Dean Keiswetter, SAIC
ESTCP Jan 2009

Analysis of Next Generation Sensor Data

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Project ID: MR-1662
Principal Investigator: Dr. Dean Keiswetter, SAIC
SERDP Jan 2009

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Munitions and Explosives of Concern Detection System

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Project ID: MR-201002
Principal Investigator: Mr. Ryan Steigerwalt P.G., Weston Solutions, Inc.
ESTCP Jan 2010

Bistatic Portable Electromagnetic Induction Sensor with Integrated Positioning

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Project ID: MR-1712
Principal Investigator: Dr. Benjamin Barrowes, US Army Corps of Engineers
SERDP Oct 2010

Blow-in-Place Pressure Reduction (Covering Technology)

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Project ID: MR-1641
Principal Investigator: Mr. William Wild, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
SERDP Feb 2008

Bulk Magnetization Effects in EMI-Based Classification and Discrimination

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Project ID: MR-1711
Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas Bell, SAIC
SERDP Oct 2010

Capturing Lessons Learned as Revealed by Large Scale Classification Demonstration Data

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Project ID: MR-201235
Principal Investigator: Dr. Dean Keiswetter, SAIC
ESTCP Mar 2012

Classification Study Using a Handheld, Three-Element EMI Sensor

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Project ID: MR-2201
Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas Bell, SAIC
SERDP Mar 2012

Clutter Identification Using Electromagnetic Survey Data

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Project ID: MR-201001
Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas Bell, SAIC
ESTCP Jan 2010

Comprehensive MMRP Live Site Technology Demonstration of Advanced Geophysics and Advanced Classification Methods

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Project ID: MR-201230
Principal Investigator: Ms. Victoria Kantsios, URS Group, Inc.
ESTCP Mar 2012

Continued Discrimination Demonstration Using Advanced EMI Models at Live UXO Sites: Data Quality Assessment and Residual Risk Mitigation in Real Time

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Project ID: MR-201227
Principal Investigator: Dr. Fridon Shubitidze, Dartmouth College/Sky Research Inc.
ESTCP Mar 2012

Continued MetalMapper Demonstrations

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Project ID: MR-201162
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Prouty, Geometrics
ESTCP Mar 2011

Continuous Monitoring of Mobility, Burial and Re-Exposure of Underwater Munitions in Energetic Near-Shore Environments

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Project ID: MR-2319
Principal Investigator: Dr. Peter Traykovski, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
SERDP Jan 2013

Data Collection with Vehicular-Based Systems

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Project ID: MR-201160
Principal Investigator: Dr. Stephen Billings, Black Tusk Geophysics Inc.
ESTCP Mar 2011