Review of Unexploded Ordnance Detection Demonstrations at the Badlands Bombing Range--NRL Multisensor Towed-Array Detection System (MTADS) and ORNL High-Sense Helicopter-Mounted Magnetic Mapping (HM3) System

Abstract

This paper reports on demonstrations of two sensor systems conducted at the Badlands Bombing Range in South Dakota. The first demonstration, conducted in 1997 by the Naval Research Laboratory, used the Multisensor Towed Array Detection System. The second demonstration, conducted in 1999 by the Army Corps of Engineers in conjunction with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, used a high-sense helicopter-mounted magnetic mapping system. The systems were evaluated individually and compared to each other. Based on this analysis, the paper concludes that the most appropriate use for the technologies may be in different missions and recommends that revamped testing, with better ground truth, be conducted.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA400144

Entities

People

  • Anne M. Andrews
  • Erik Rosen
  • Isaac Chappell

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Sets
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Environmental Security
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Grids
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • Practice Bombs
  • Production Rate
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Towed Arrays
  • Unexploded Ammunition

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  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Military/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology