Demonstration of Airborne Wide Area Assessment Technologies at Kirtland Precision Bombing Range, New Mexico

Abstract

The former Kirtland Precision Bombing Range is located near Albuquerque, New Mexico. This site is classified by the United States Government as a Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) and was a World War II-era military training facility. This demonstration utilized Helicopter Multi-sensor Towed Array Detection System (MTADS) Magnetometry (HeliMag) technology, a wide area assessment technology. A data collection survey was conducted in October of 2005 and resulted in the survey of over 5,000 acres. Targets were selected using automatic picking procedures and 23,648 anomalies were selected from the data to assess the distribution of metal objects across the study area. A subset of anomalies in each of the areas of interest were analyzed using dipole fit analysis, the results of which were used to down-select candidate targets for intrusive investigation. These intrusive investigation results were used for verification of HeliMag results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA487521

Entities

People

  • David Wright
  • Jack Foley

Organizations

  • Environmental Security Technology Certification Program

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altimeters
  • Altitude
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Processing
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Explosives
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Grids
  • Inertial Measurement Units
  • Magnetometers
  • Measurement
  • Munitions
  • Unexploded Ammunition

Readers

  • Archaeological Resource Survey
  • Military/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology