Surface Towed Ordnance Locator System.

Abstract

This report presents the results of an evaluation of the capabilities and performance of the prototype Surface Towed Ordnance Locator System. The system includes a cesium vapor magnetometer array towed by a man-operated, all-terrain vehicle. Data processing and navigation subsystems are utilized to recognize targets and chart their locations. The evaluation was based on surveys for unexploded ordnance at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twenty-nine Palms, CA and Jefferson Proving Ground, Madison. IN. The results showed that the Surface Towed Ordnance Locator System is capable of detecting and accurately charting the locations of ferrous targets, but that self-magnetic noise limited the detection capability. Additional efforts are necessary to give the system an ordnance/non-ordnance discrimination capability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA295232

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Compression
  • Data Processing
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Explosives
  • Magnetic Detectors
  • Magnetic Properties
  • Magnetometers
  • Medical Personnel
  • Munitions
  • Navigation
  • Ordnance Locators
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unexploded Ammunition
  • Uxo Detection

Readers

  • Military/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Software Engineering