Multi-Sensor Towed Array Detection System (MTADS)
Abstract
UXO is a serious and prevalent environmental problem currently facing DoD facility managers. Mitigation and remediation activities are often hindered by the fact that UXO is colocated with other environmental threats including ordnance explosives wastes (OEW), chemical wastes, and other toxic and hazardous materials. Not limited to active sites and test ranges, these problems also occur at DoD sites that are currently dormant, and in areas adjacent to military ranges that belong to the civilian sector or are under control of other government agencies. Traditional techniques for UXOdetection, site characterization, and remediation are very slow, labor intensive, and inefficient. Typical detection and characterization technologies involve hand-held detectors operated by explosives ordnance disposal (EOD) or civilian technicians who must slowly walk across a survey area. Time consuming and sometimes dangerous, this process has been well documented as inefficient,1 as well as marginally effective. Many ordnance items are disguised by the presence of extensive surface clutter and frag from ordnance operations. Large and deep ordnance targets are often not found, because either their footprints are too large to be visualized by the walking operator or their signatures are lost in magnetic disturbances associated with geophysical anomalies. Developing an image of a deep target, especially in a field of shallow targets, is most difficult for the hand-held surveyor.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA607437
Entities
People
- Herbert Nelson
- Jim Mcdonald
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory