Enabling Technologies

SERDP and ESTCP are developing tools such as alternative geolocation methods and novel sensor deployment schemes to facilitate collection of high-quality geophysical data in all environments.

Completed Projects List
Project Title Completed

Inertial/GPS Integrated Geolocation System for Detection and Recovery of Buried Munitions

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1565
Principal Investigator: Dr. Christopher Jekeli, Ohio State University
SERDP Jul 2011

High-Accuracy Multisensor Geolocation Technology to Support Geophysical Data Collection at MEC Sites

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1564
Principal Investigator: Dr. Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska, The Ohio State University
SERDP Aug 2010

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

Use of Commercial Off-The-Shelf Vehicles for Towed Array Magnetometry

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200605
Principal Investigator: Mr. Robert Siegel, SAIC
ESTCP Jun 2010

Local Positioning System for an Active UXO Sensor

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200738
Principal Investigator: Dr. I.J. Won, Geophex, Ltd.
ESTCP Nov 2009

Precision Geolocation of Active Electromagnetic Sensors Using Stationary Magnetic Sensors

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1643
Principal Investigator: Dr. Stephen Billings, Black Tusk Geophysics Inc.
SERDP Sep 2009

Demonstration of Advanced UXO Detection and Discrimination Technologies

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200034
ESTCP Oct 2008

Inertial Navigation System Improvements for Target Characterization Using Small-Area Inertial Navigation Tracking (SAINT)

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200604
Principal Investigator: Mr. Scott Millhouse, USACE Huntsville
ESTCP Oct 2008

UXO Navigation Technology

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1441
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jack Foley Ph.D., Sky Research, Inc.
SERDP Oct 2008

Innovative GIS and Information Technologies Supporting Wide Area Assessment of UXO Sites

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200537
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jack Foley Ph.D., Sky Research, Inc.
ESTCP Oct 2008

The Magnetic UXO Recovery System (MURS)

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200732
Principal Investigator: Mr. Bill Lewis, Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)
ESTCP Oct 2008

Next Generation Data Collection System for Mobile Detection and Discrimination of Unexploded Ordnance

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1571
Principal Investigator: Dr. Stephen Billings, Black Tusk Geophysics Inc.
SERDP Sep 2008

Transportable Manned and Robotic Digital Geophysical Mapping Tow Vehicle

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200608
Principal Investigator: Mr. Scott Millhouse, USACE Huntsville
ESTCP Feb 2008

UXO Precise Position Tracking Using Time-Modulated Ultra-Wideband Communications

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200029
Principal Investigator: Mr. Scott Millhouse, USACE Huntsville
ESTCP Oct 2007

Low-Cost Hot Gas Decontamination of Explosives-Contaminated Firing Range Scrap

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200032
Principal Investigator: Ms. Deborah Furnari, U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center
ESTCP Oct 2007

Remote Excavation of Heavily Contaminated UXO Sites

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200327
Principal Investigator: Mr. Alan Crandall, USA Environmental, Inc.
ESTCP Sep 2007

Sensor Orientation Effects on UXO Geophysical Target Discrimination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1310
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jack Foley Ph.D., Sky Research, Inc.
SERDP Dec 2006

Laser Neutralization of Hazardous Unexploded Ordnance

Project Information
Project ID: MR-199909
Principal Investigator: Mr. Valter Ezerins, Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Tech Div
ESTCP Oct 2006

Non-Thermal On-Site Decontamination and Destruction of Practice Bombs

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200211
Principal Investigator: Mr. Harley Heaton, UXB International Inc.
ESTCP Jun 2006

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

Innovative Navigation Systems to Support Digital Geophysical Mapping

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200129
ESTCP Oct 2004

On-Range Treatment of Ordnance Debris and Bulk Energetics Resulting from Low-Order Detonations

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1330
Principal Investigator: Mr. Philip Thorne, Applied Research Associates, Inc.
SERDP Jul 2004

Removal, Degradation and Recovery of Energetic Residues from Range Scrap

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1196
Principal Investigator: Mr. Philip Thorne, Applied Research Associates, Inc.
SERDP Feb 2002

Multisensor Data Fusion for Detection of Unexploded Ordnance

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1052
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ernesto Cespedes, US Army WES/EE-S
SERDP Oct 1998