Underwater Environments

SERDP and ESTCP are sponsoring research and development efforts in wide area assessment, detailed surveys, recovery and disposal, and underwater phenomenology to support the underwater military munitions response program.

Active Projects List
Project Title Start Date

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

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

Structural Acoustic UXO Detection and Identification in Marine Environments

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

Surf-Zone Underwater Robotic Demonstration Platform

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

Underwater Acoustic Positioning Systems for MEC Detection and Reacquisition Operations

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

Underwater Advanced Time-Domain Electromagnetic System

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

Underwater Munitions Expert System to Predict Mobility and Burial

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

Vortex Lattice UXO Mobility Model Integration

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

Symposium & Workshop

FY 2013 New Start Project Selections

FY 2013 New Start Project Selections for the Environmental Solicitation

DoD’s Military Munitions Response Program
 

Workshop Report:
Technology Needs for the Characterization, Management, and Remediation of Military Munitions in Underwater Environments (2007)