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

Cost-Aware Design of a Discrimination Strategy for Unexploded Ordnance Cleanup

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1715
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jeremiah Remus, Clarkson University
SERDP Feb 2011

Decontamination of Test Range Metal Debris Using a Transportable Flashing Furnace

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200412
Principal Investigator: Mr. Chad Lasson, El Dorado Engineering, Inc.
ESTCP Apr 2006

Deep Water Munitions Detection System

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200739
Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas Bell, SAIC
ESTCP Mar 2010

Demonstration and Validation of Advanced Digital Geophysics for Sensing UXO

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200501
Principal Investigator: Mr. Lawrence Carin, Duke University
ESTCP Oct 2008

Demonstration of Advanced UXO Detection and Discrimination Technologies

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200034
ESTCP Oct 2008

Demonstration of UXO-PenDepth for the Estimation of Projectile Penetration Depth

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200806
Principal Investigator: Dr. Janet Simms, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
ESTCP Aug 2010

Demonstration of an Enhanced Vertical Magnetic Gradient System for UXO

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200633
Principal Investigator: Dr. William Doll, Battelle
ESTCP Jan 2010

Demonstration of an Ultrasonic Method for Three-Dimensional Visualization of Shallow Buried Underwater Objects

Project Information
Project ID: MR-201006
Principal Investigator: Mr. Mike Putnam, SPAWAR Systems Center SSC PACIFIC
ESTCP Jul 2011

Demonstration of the Laser Line Scan System for UXO Characterization

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200911
Principal Investigator: Mr. Mike Putnam, SPAWAR Systems Center SSC PACIFIC
ESTCP Apr 2012

Detection and Classification of Buried Metallic Objects

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1225
Principal Investigator: Prof. Huntly Morrison, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
SERDP Mar 2005

Detection and Classification of Buried Metallic Objects

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1174
SERDP Oct 2000

Detection and Classification of Buried UXO and Determination of Seafloor Parameters in Littoral Environments Using Resonance Scattering Sonar

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1668
Principal Investigator: Dr. Roland Gritto, Array Information Technology
SERDP Apr 2010

Detection and Discrimination of Small Munitions Using Giant Magnetoresistive Sensors

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1639
Principal Investigator: Dr. Janet Simms, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
SERDP Sep 2010

Detection of UXO in Underwater Sites Using Towed-Array Resistivity/ Induced Polarization Measurements

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1325
Principal Investigator: Mr. Scott Urquhart, Zonge Engineering, Inc.
SERDP Apr 2004

Detection of Underwater Military Munitions by a Synoptic, Airborne Multi-Sensor System

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1630
Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael DeWeert, BAE Systems Spectral Solutions, LLC
SERDP Jul 2010

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

Development and Demonstration of a Handheld, Broadband Electromagnetic UXO Sensor

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200036
Principal Investigator: Dr. I.J. Won, Geophex, Ltd.
ESTCP Jan 2006

Development and Evaluation of an Airborne Superconducting Quantum Interference Device-Based Magnetic Gradiometer Tensor System for Detection, Characterization, and Mapping of Unexploded Ordnance

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1316
Principal Investigator: Mr. T. Jeffrey Gamey, Battelle
SERDP Aug 2008

Development of Autonomous UAV Helicopter-Magnetometer System for Wide Area Assessment

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1509
Principal Investigator: Mr. Roelof Versteeg, Idaho National Lab
SERDP Apr 2010

Development of Parameters for the Collection and Analysis of LiDAR at Military Munitions Sites

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200737
Principal Investigator: Mr. Robert Selfridge, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (USAESCH)
ESTCP Feb 2010