Humanitarian De-mining

Abstract

The Humanitarian Demining Research and Development (HD R&D) program element rapidly develops, demonstrates and validates new technologies for DoD-supported nations to detect and clear landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO), and to contribute to US military countermine R&D. The HD R&D Program focuses on development of new technologies to improve the efficiency and safety of indigenous nation-conducted, post-conflict clearance of residual mines and UXO, which pose a serious threat to US forces conducting stability operations, and to the host nation’s population and economy. Evaluations of HD R&D Program-developed technologies in actual minefields are conducted by host nation demining partners (foreign military, non-governmental organizations and mine action centers) and provide valuable data for US military countermine R&D and next generation HD technology developments while directly contributing to world-wide mine and UXO clearance. Since 1995 the program has fielded technologies for 166 evaluations in 36 countries, including Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. The program’s technologies have cleared 23 million sq meters of the world’s toughest minefields, and found or destroyed 109,000 mines and UXO Under the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict (OASD SO/LIC), the HD R&D Program works closely with the COCOMS and the Humanitarian Demining Training Center (HDTC) to support the Warfighter by developing and implementing mine/UXO detection and clearance technologies; speeding improvements to technologies used by U.S. forces in support of USG operations; reducing the threat to host nation population and US forces; reducing insurgent access to explosives (landmines and UXO); enhancing mine action capacity of non-governmental organizations and mine action centers in mine-affected countries; and providing engagement opportunities for DoD personnel in mine-affected countries. Areas of emphasis are identified and validated at a biennial Requirements Workshop held by OASD SO/LIC. The Requirements Workshop involves representatives from Department of State (DoS), U.S. combatant commands (COCOMS) and mine-affected nations. The program element’s work is consistent with the Department of Defense’s strategic guidance to address instability and reduce the demand for significant US force commitments to stability operations; with DODI 3000.05 to foster security, economic security and development, and build indigenous capacity; and with § 407 and CJCSI 3207.01C to reduce the social, economic and environmental impact of landmines, unexploded ordnance and small arms ammunition.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2015
• Source ID: 0603920D8Z_4_0400_PB_2015
• Change Summary Explanation: The FY 2015 budget was reduced due to fiscal constraints and higher priorities within the Department .
• Service Agency Name: Office of Secretary Of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Advanced Electronics
• Counter IED
• Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Ammunition
• Clearances
• Department Of Defense
• Detection
• Economic Security
• Explosives
• Fire Control Systems
• Land Mines
• Mine Clearance
• Minefields
• Munitions
• Prototypes
• Small Arms Ammunition
• Test And Evaluation
• Unexploded Ammunition
• Unified Combatant Commands
• Uxo Detection

Readers

• Geochemistry
• Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
• Munitions and Ordnance Engineering