Data Collection Using the MetalMapper in Dynamic Data Acquisition and Cued Modes

Safely locating, identifying and recovering buried munitions on practice and test ranges is critical to the U.S. Department of Defense's mission and its goals of safe operation, sustainability, and environmental stewardship.

Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP), Alexandria, Virginia

The ability to safely and efficiently locate, identify, and remove buried objects on practice and test ranges is critical to the U.S. Department of Defense's mission and its goals of safe operation, sustainability, and environmental stewardship.

Although several robust, advanced sensor technologies have been developed for discriminating buried objects on ranges as targets of interest (TOIs), widespread acceptance of the technologies requires that they be demonstrated on live sites, where the impact of operating and data acquisition and analysis parameters can be fully evaluated. The potential benefit of the technology is to reduce the number of subsurface investigations that are required to remove hazardous munitions and explosives of concern (MEC) in areas where subsurface clearance is required.