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

Advanced SAS Imaging Methods for Resonating Underwater Acoustic Targets

Project Information
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

Project Information
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

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

Blow-in-Place Pressure Reduction (Covering Technology)

Project Information
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

Project Information
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

Project Information
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

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

Symposium & Workshop

DoD’s Military Munitions Response Program
 

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