Demonstration of Airborne Electromagnetic Systems for Detection and Characterization of Unexploded Ordnance at the Badlands Bombing Range, South Dakota. Revision 3

Abstract

This report describes a set of field tests conducted at Badlands Bombing Range (BBR) in South Dakota in September 2002. The primary goal of the field tests was to evaluate parameters critical to the design of an airborne electromagnetic system capable of detecting a variety of buried ordnance. The resulting system, called ORAGS-TEM, was patterned after the low-flying helicopter magnetic systems under development at ORNL through separate SERDP/ESTCP programs. Thus, the ORAGS-TEM has a frame mounted, multiple sensor design that permits helicopter surveys at altitudes as low as one meter over UXO-contaminated terrain. As with the magnetic systems, GPS and laser altimetry provide precise positioning to within a few tens of centimeters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA436155

Entities

People

  • William Doll

Organizations

  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetometers
  • Measurement
  • Munitions
  • Navigation
  • South Dakota
  • Unexploded Ammunition
  • United States
  • Uxo Detection

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects