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
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Vortex Lattice UXO Mobility Model Integration

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Project ID: MR-201234
Principal Investigator: Dr. Gerald D'Spain, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
ESTCP Mar 2012

Visual Sample Plan (VSP): Demonstration and Performance Assessment of Statistical Methods for UXO Characterization

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Project ID: MR-200325
Principal Investigator: Mr. Brent Pulsipher, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNL)
ESTCP Mar 2003

Underwater Munitions Expert System to Predict Mobility and Burial

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Project ID: MR-2227
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sarah Rennie, Johns Hopkins University
SERDP Mar 2012

Underwater Advanced Time-Domain Electromagnetic System

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Project ID: MR-201313
Principal Investigator: Mr. Tamir Klaff, CH2M HILL
ESTCP Jan 2013

Underwater Acoustic Positioning Systems for MEC Detection and Reacquisition Operations

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Project ID: MR-200734
Principal Investigator: Mr. Andrew Schwartz, U.S. Army ESCH
ESTCP Mar 2007

UXO Classification Demonstrations at Live Sites Using UX-Analyze

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Project ID: MR-201312
Principal Investigator: Dr. Dean Keiswetter, SAIC
ESTCP Jan 2013

UXO Characterization in Challenging Survey Environments Using the MPV

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Project ID: MR-201228
Principal Investigator: Dr. Nicolas Lhomme, Sky Research, Inc.
ESTCP Mar 2012

Tools for Risk-Based UXO Remediation

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Project ID: MR-1718
Principal Investigator: Dr. Dean Keiswetter, SAIC
SERDP Aug 2010

The Effect of Noise on EM61-MK2 and MetalMapper Classification Strategies

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Project ID: MR-201229
Principal Investigator: Mr. Stephen Stacy, ARCADIS/Malcolm Pirnie
ESTCP Mar 2012

Tensor Invariant Processing of Multistatic EMI Data for Target Classification

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Project ID: MR-201310
Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas Bell, SAIC
ESTCP Jan 2013

Tensor Invariant Processing for Munitions/Clutter Classification

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Project ID: MR-2100
Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas Bell, SAIC
SERDP Mar 2011

Surf-Zone Underwater Robotic Demonstration Platform

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Project ID: MR-2325
Principal Investigator: Dr. Robert Hughes, Applied Research Associates, Inc.
SERDP Jan 2013

Structural Acoustic UXO Detection and Identification in Marine Environments

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Project ID: MR-2103
Principal Investigator: Dr. Brian Houston, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
SERDP Jan 2011

Statistical Verification and Remediation Sampling Methods Demonstrations

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Project ID: MR-200837
Principal Investigator: Mr. Brent Pulsipher, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNL)
ESTCP Jun 2008

Simple Parameterized Models for Predicting Mobility, Burial and Re-Exposure of Underwater Munitions

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Project ID: MR-2224
Principal Investigator: Dr. Carl Friedrichs, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
SERDP Mar 2012

Semi-Automated Ferrous Material Scouring System

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Project ID: MR-201102
Principal Investigator: Mr. Christopher Fromme, National Robotics Engineering Center, Carnegie Mellon
ESTCP Mar 2011

Selecting Optimal Models for Inverting Electromagnetic Induction Data

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Project ID: MR-1637
Principal Investigator: Dr. Leonard Pasion, Black Tusk Geophysics, Inc.
SERDP Jul 2008

Real-Time Quality Control Methods for Cued EMI Data Collection

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Project ID: MR-201264
Principal Investigator: Mr. Jonathan S. Miller, Sky Research, Inc.
ESTCP Mar 2012

Real-Time Handheld Magnetometer Array

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Project ID: MR-2104
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Prouty, Geometrics
SERDP Jan 2011

Quality Control Methodologies for Advanced EMI Sensor Data Acquisition and Anomaly Classification

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Project ID: MR-201231
Principal Investigator: Mr. Ryan Steigerwalt P.G., Weston Solutions, Inc.
ESTCP Mar 2012