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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Haptically-Enabled Co-Robotics for Remediation of Military Munitions Underwater

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Project ID: MR-2323
Principal Investigator: Dr. Howard Chizeck, University of Washington
SERDP Jan 2013

High-Power Vehicle-Towed TEM for Small Ordnance Detection

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Project ID: MR-201105
Principal Investigator: Mr. T. Jeffrey Gamey, Battelle
ESTCP Mar 2011

Identification of UXO using the Associated Particle Neutron Time-of-Flight Technique

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Project ID: MR-1769
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sudeep Mitra, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
SERDP Apr 2010

Improved Reliability and Usability of the MetalMapper System

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Project ID: MR-201309
Principal Investigator: Mr. Bart Hoekstra, Geometrics, Inc.
ESTCP Jan 2013

Innovative Processing, Feature Development, and Specialized Data Collection for Underwater Munitions Advanced Classifier Design

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Project ID: MR-1713
Principal Investigator: Dr. Eugene Lavely, BAE SYSTEMS Advanced Information Technologies
SERDP Oct 2010

Integration of UXO Software Suite

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Project ID: MR-200131
Principal Investigator: Mrs. Amy Walker, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (USAESCH)
ESTCP Mar 2004

Inversion of High Frequency Acoustic Data for Sediment Properties Needed for the Detection and Classification of UXOs

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Project ID: MR-2229
Principal Investigator: Dr. Brian Hefner, University of Washington
SERDP Mar 2012

Investigation of an EMI-Based Marine Classification System

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Project ID: MR-2107
Principal Investigator: Dr. Dean Keiswetter, SAIC
SERDP Mar 2011

Isolating and Discriminating Overlapping Signatures in Cluttered Environments

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Project ID: MR-1664
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ben Barrowes, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
SERDP Feb 2009

Live Site DoD Engagement

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Project ID: MR-201167
Principal Investigator: Mr. Andrew Schwartz, U.S. Army ESCH
ESTCP Mar 2011

Location, Identification, and Enumeration of UXO in Complex Environments Using Time-Reversal Methods in Electromagnetics

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Project ID: MR-2101
Principal Investigator: Dr. James Berryman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
SERDP Mar 2011

Long Time Series Measurements of Munitions Mobility in the Wave-Current Boundary Layer

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Project ID: MR-2320
Principal Investigator: Dr. Joseph Calantoni, Naval Research Laboratory
SERDP Jan 2013

Man-Portable Vector EMI Sensor for UXO Contamination Assessment at Munitions Sites

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Project ID: MR-201158
Principal Investigator: Dr. Nicolas Lhomme, Sky Research, Inc.
ESTCP Mar 2011

Mitigation of Underwater UXO Blow-in-Place Explosions

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Project ID: MR-200736
Principal Investigator: Mr. William Wild, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
ESTCP Oct 2007

Modeling Buried Target Acoustic Response by Component

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Project ID: MR-2324
Principal Investigator: Mr. Lane Owsley, University of Washington
SERDP Jan 2013

Optimal Sensor Management and Signal Processing for New EMI Systems

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Project ID: MR-1708
Principal Investigator: Mr. Lawrence Carin, Duke University
SERDP Jul 2009

Perform MetalMapper Classification Treatability Investigations as Part of Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Studies

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Project ID: MR-201232
Principal Investigator: Mr. Craig Murray, Parsons, Inc.
ESTCP Mar 2012

Performance Baselining of Geophysical Sensors: Detection Limits, Repeatability and Inter-Instrument Comparisons

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Project ID: MR-200506
Principal Investigator: Mr. Ryan North, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
ESTCP Mar 2005

Practical Strategies for UXO Discrimination

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Project ID: MR-201004
Principal Investigator: Dr. Leonard Pasion, Black Tusk Geophysics, Inc.
ESTCP Apr 2010

Proof of Concept Study for Immobilization of Submerged Munitions Using Geobags

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Project ID: MR-2102
SERDP Mar 2011