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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Real-Time Handheld Magnetometer Array

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

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

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

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

Development and Testing of an Engineering Prototype of a Marine Version of the Berkeley Unexploded Ordnance Discriminator (BUD)

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Project ID: MR-2228
Principal Investigator: Dr. Frank Morrison, Marine Advanced Research, Inc.
SERDP Mar 2012

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

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

Detection of Underwater Unexploded Ordnance in Mud

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Project ID: MR-2200
Principal Investigator: Dr. Robbert van Vossen , TNO Defence
SERDP Mar 2012

Data and Processing Tools for Sonar Classification of Underwater UXO

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Project ID: MR-2230
Principal Investigator: Dr. Raymond Lim, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
SERDP Mar 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

Development and Testing of an Engineering Prototype for a Marine Version of the Berkeley Unexploded Ordnance Discriminator (BUD): Phase II

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Project ID: MR-2321
Principal Investigator: Dr. Frank Morrison, Marine Advanced Research, Inc.
SERDP Jan 2013

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

Full-Scale Measurement and Modeling of the Acoustic Response of Proud and Buried Munitions at Frequencies from 1-30 kHz

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Project ID: MR-1665
Principal Investigator: Dr. Steven Kargl, University of Washington
SERDP Apr 2009

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

Exploiting VLF/LF Electric and Magnetic Fields for Underwater Munitions Characterization

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Project ID: MR-1714
Principal Investigator: Dr. Gregory Schultz, White River Technologies
SERDP Oct 2010