UACE2017 Proceedings: Results from the Joint Baltic Survey, performed as part of the Allied Munitions Detection Underwater (ALMOND-U) project between the United States and Germany

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  • Session:
    Underwater Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Detection and Remediation
  • Paper:
    Results from the Joint Baltic Survey, performed as part of the Allied Munitions Detection Underwater (ALMOND-U) project between the United States and Germany
  • Author(s):
    Jesse Angle, Neil Claussen, Leon Vaizer, James Prater, Ursula Hölscher-Höbing, Holger Schmaljohann, Bernnd Hilgenfeld, Mike Wynn, Andreas Chwala, Ronny Scholz
  • Abstract:
    There is a significant worldwide capability shortfall in deploying reliable techniques for remotely detecting and mapping underwater munitions for unexploded ordinance (UXO) remediation in complex environments. As part of the DoD's Coalition Warfare Program (CWP), the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division (NSWC-PCD) from the United States and the Bundeswehr Technical Center for Ships and Naval Weapons, Maritime Technology and Research (WTD 71) from Germany are partnering to enhance their joint capability to detect, classify, localize and map underwater munitions and mines in challenging and harsh environments with an emphasis on utilizing unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to detect and localize buried objects. This will be accomplished by developing, testing and evaluating novel survey concepts utilizing innovative and emerging technologies and techniques from mine countermeasures (MCM) science & technology (S&T) programs during joint international sea trials for data collection and analysis. \n\nThe first joint sea trial occurred in September 2016 in the Baltic Sea north of Germany over various known and suspected UXO dumping sites dating back to the Second World War. Over the span of two weeks, organizations from both countries deployed and operated advanced prototype sensing technologies, primarily acoustic and magnetic, in these areas with high success. Results from the 2016 Joint Baltic Survey will be discussed along with a short discourse on upcoming future work within this Program.
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Contact details

  • Contact person:
    Dr Jesse Angle
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  • Affiliation:
    NSWCPCD
  • Country:
    United States

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