Assessment of the Remote Minefield Detection System (REMIDS)

Abstract

Millions of acres of government land are contaminated with unexploded ordnance (UXO), a result of years of testing and training in the armed forces. As part of the effort to prepare some of this land for use other than as test ranges, programs are underway to develop methods to safely and reliably detect UXO so that the contaminated sites may be cleaned prior to realignment. This report describes the REMIDS developed by the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station to detect surface UXO, and reviews the performance of REMIDS in tests at the Yuma Proving Ground (Arizona) and at Ft. Rucker (Alabama).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA631321

Entities

Organizations

  • Environmental Security Technology Certification Program

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Classification
  • Cost Estimates
  • Data Analysis
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electronic Mail
  • Environmental Security
  • False Alarms
  • Materials
  • Minefields
  • Munitions
  • Navigational Equipment
  • Target Discrimination
  • Target Recognition
  • Unexploded Ammunition
  • Warning Systems

Readers

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