[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, TECHNOLOGY: Classifying Munitions from Clutter

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Beneath the Surface: Classifying Munitions from Clutter

SERDP & ESTCP Information Bulletin
Early Fall, 2008


In the first in a series of live site demonstrations, commercially 
available sensors have been paired with advanced processing methods to 
successfully classify munitions from other nonhazardous items on a 
simple site. Emerging more capable sensors produced nearly perfect 
classification results.

The detection and remediation of munitions is one of DoD’s most pressing 
environmental problems. Thousands of current and former DoD sites, 
comprising tens of millions of acres, are suspected of containing 
munitions. Estimates for the cleanup of munitions-contaminated sites are 
in the tens of billions of dollars. In FY 2006, Congress appropriated 
funds to ESTCP to establish a pilot program to develop and demonstrate 
advanced classification technologies for distinguishing intact munitions 
from harmless metal and geology, a capability that would translate to 
more cost-effective remediation efforts.


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For the entire article, download the bulletin from
http://www.serdp.org/general/Publications/upload/Early Fall 08 Bulletin 
- Final.pdf
and go to page 5. You may need to cut and paste the URL, or just go to
http://www.estcp.org/ and scroll down to the "latest issue" link.

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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