| Mine Safety Detection System (MSDS) |
Sep 2012 |
89 pages |
| Authors:
B Ballard; T Degnan; M Kipp; J Johnson; D Miller; M Minto; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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 | The search, detection, identification and assessment components of the U.S. Navy's organic modular in-stride Mine Countermeasure (MCM) Concept of Operations (CONOPS) have been evaluated for their effectiveness as part of a hypothetical exercise in response to the existence of sea mines placed in the sea lanes of the Strait of Hormuz. The current MCM CONOPS has been shown to be capable of supporting the mine search and detection effort component ... |
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| Next Generation Mine Countermeasures for the Very Shallow Water Zone in Support of Amphibious Operations |
01 Mar 2012 |
401 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas Brown; Jonathan Damiano; Shivraj Jhala; Ryan Moore; Brett Morgan; Vincent Nguyen; Thomas Opheim; Timothy Ringwald; William Roman; John Turk; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
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| This report describes system engineering efforts exploring next generation mine countermeasure (MCM) systems to satisfy high priority capability gaps in the Very Shallow Water (VSW) zone in support of amphibious operations. A thorough exploration of the problem space was conducted, including stakeholder analysis, MCM threat analysis, and current and future MCM capability research. Solution-neutral requirements and functions were developed for a bounded next generation system. Several alternative architecture solutions were ... |
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| Planning the Optimal Transit for a Ship Through a Mapped Minefield |
Sep-2009 |
66 pages |
| Authors:
Pei-Chieh Li; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
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| This thesis develops (a) a mission-planning tool for a Navy Mine Counter Measure (MCM) force to find a minimum-risk route for a surface ship through a mapped minefield, and (b) a heuristic to identify a sequence of mines whose clearance (removal and/or deactivation) leads to a rapid reduction of the risk of a minimum-risk path. All modeling concepts reflect the requirements of the Republic of China Navy's MCM operations. The ... |
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| Route Survey Periodicity for Mine Warfare |
Sep-2009 |
73 pages |
| Authors:
Coke; Hartwell F V; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| One of the Navy's most long standing challenges has been conquering the mine warfare threat. As mines and mine warfare techniques evolve and become more sophisticated, so does the United States' ability to counter the threat. The United States newest technique for countering a potential mined harbor, or route, is a process known as change detection. This concept uses previous side scan sonar images of the area prior to a ... |
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| Acquisition of the Army Airborne Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Minefield Detection System |
10-Sep-2008 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Richard B Jolliffe; Charles S Dekle; Jaime A Bobbio; Victoria P Tang; Caryn M Chambers; Steven P Mazur; Douglas W Slaughter; Andrew D Greene; Harold C James; Meredith H Johnson; John E Meling; Christopher J Jamieson; INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| We reviewed the Army's preparation of the Airborne Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Minefield Detection System (ASTAMIDS) program for the low-rate initial production decision program review. Additionally, because ASTAMIDS will provide sensor data to the Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS), we reviewed the working relationships between the ASTAMIDS acquisition manager and the acquisition managers developing FCS. Army acquisition managers did not fully use memoranda of agreement to define the current working ... |
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| Software Architecture and Strategic Plans for Undersea Cooperative Cueing and Intervention |
01-May-2007 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Michael R Benjamin; NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND WASHINGTON DC
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| The Undersea Cooperative Cueing and Intervention (UC2I) Program objectives include a heavy emphasis on developing autonomy for both unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs). The mission objective is to utilize a collection of such assets, each with different sensors, range, endurance, speed, and communications capabilities to work together to rapidly search and map a minefield area on the order of 100 x 100 kilometers in five days ... |
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| Minefields in the Caribbean: A Region Vectored to Becoming Failed States |
APR 2006 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
Orville Reid; AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLL MAXWELL AFB AL
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| The Caribbean islands are riddled with poverty, crime, and corruption and these problems are mines that eventually will explode into a regional incident. First, it is important to understand the history of the Caribbean; categorize and describe the minefields (poverty, crime, and corruption) in the region; and give a perspective on who planted these mines and how the mines are being nurtured. This sets the foundation to tackle how to ... |
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| Bomb Strike Experiment for Mine Clearance Operations |
MAR 2006 |
212 pages |
| Authors:
Gregory P. Ray; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The Bomb Strike Experiment for Mine Countermeasure Operations, currently sponsored through the Office of Naval Research mine impact burial prediction project, is part of a multi-year, comprehensive effort aimed at enhancing the Navy's fleet naval mine clearance capability and success. The investigation discussed in this paper examines the experimental and theoretical characteristics of a rigid body falling through the air, water, and sediment column at high speed. Several experiments were ... |
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| Breaching the Devil's Garden- The 6th New Zealand Brigade in Operation Lightfoot. The Second Battle of El Alamein, 23 October 1942. Appendices |
FEB 2006 |
306 pages |
| Authors:
William Schneck; ARMY COMMUNICATIONS-ELECTRONICS COMMAND FORT BELVOIR VA NIGHT VISION AND ELECTRONICS SENSORS DIRECTORATE
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| This study is one in a series that will examine combat breaching operations. Other studies have covered Operation Citadel and Operation Desert Storm. In this report, the breaches created in the zone of the 6th New Zealand Brigade are studies in detail. This report has been structured such that the situations of both sides are discussed, followed by a detailed narrative of the operation. Of particular interest to students of ... |
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| Katz Distributions and Minefield Clearance |
01-Jan-2006 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Alan Washburn; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
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| The principal uncertainties in clearing a minefield are about the number and type of mines that have not yet been removed. In this paper, we take the point of view that the number of mines should be thought of as a random variable M, and our main object is to show the advantages of a particular "Katz" class of probability distributions for M. We assume throughout that the result of ... |
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| Bomb Strike Experiment for Mine Countermeasure |
2006 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Peter C. Chu; Greg Ray; Peter Fleischer; Paul Gefken; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA NAVAL OCEAN ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION LAB
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| The Navy's bomb maneuvering model (STRIKE35) predicts the bomb location and trajectory in air and water columns. The Bomb Strike Experiment for Mine Countermeasure Operations, currently sponsored through the Office of Naval Research mine and obstacle breaching technology program, is part of a multi-year, comprehensive effort aimed at enhancing the Navy's fleet naval mine clearance capability and success. The investigation discussed in this thesis examines the experimental and theoretical characteristics ... |
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| Background Modeling and Algorithm Fusion for Airborne Landmine Detection |
DEC 2005 |
104 pages |
| Authors:
Hariharan Ramachandran; MISSOURI UNIV-ROLLA DEPT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
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| Airborne mine and minefield detection has been an active topic of research in recent times. The detection process looks for local anomalies in the acquired mid-wave infrared imagery. An anomaly is any mine size image feature that is different from its immediate surrounds. The so called RX algorithm by Reed and Yu has been used extensively in airborne mine detection systems as the anomaly detector. The RX detector measures the ... |
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| Use of a High-Resolution 3D Laser Scanner for Minefield Surface Modeling and Terrain Characterization: Temperate Region |
AUG 2005 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
Sam S. Jackson; Michael J. Bishop; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| The use of a high-resolution, ground-based 3D laser scanner was recently evaluated for terrestrial site characterization of variable-surface minefield sites and generation of surface and terrain models. The instrument used to conduct this research was a Leica HDS3000 3D laser scanner. The high-speed, highly accurate ranging system has a 360 deg horizontal x 270 deg vertical field of view that delivers positional, range, and angular (vertical and horizontal) single point ... |
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| Use of a High-Resolution 3D Laser Scanner for Minefield Surface Modeling and Terrain Characterization: Temperature Region |
AUG 2005 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Sam S. Jackson; Michael J. Bishop; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| The use of a high-resolution, ground-based 3D laser scanner was recently evaluated for terrestrial site characterization of variable-surface minefield sites and generation of surface and terrain models. The instrument used to conduct this research was a Leica HDS3000 3D laser scanner. The high-speed, highly accurate ranging system has a 360 deg horizontal 270 deg vertical field of view that delivers positional, range, and angular (vertical and horizontal) single point accuracies ... |
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| Vertical Plane Obstacle Avoidance and Control of the REMUS Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Using Forward Look Sonar |
JUN 2005 |
97 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel L. Hemminger; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Current rates of technological advancement continue to translate into changes on our battlefields. Aerial robots capable of gathering reconnaissance along with unmanned underwater vehicles capable of defusing enemy minefields provide evidence that machines are playing key roles once played by humans within our military. This thesis explores one of the major problems facing both commercial and military UUVs to date. Successfully navigating in unfamiliar environments and maneuvering autonomously to avoid ... |
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| Proof of Performance Test Report MANTIS |
APR 2005 |
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| Authors:
INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
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 | During two weeks in August 2004, the Mine Clearing Survivable Vehicle (MCSV) and a complement of 12 demining and area preparation tools were evaluated under an internationally conducted Performance Evaluation Assessment. Led by the U. S. Army's Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC), Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD), Humanitarian Demining Branch (HD), the assessment was conducted by HD staff members and supported by engineers from the United ... |
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| Control and Random Searching with Multiple Robots |
2005 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
A. J. Healey; Y. Kim; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA CENTER FOR AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE RESEARCH
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| This paper presents the work of several ongoing studies to determine the effectiveness of multiple small robotic vehicles for performing mine field clearance, and the related problem of clearing unexploded ordnance from areas of interest. Many issues are implied in this opening sentence. Not the least of these is knowing, out the many items cluttering a battlefield, which ones need to be cleared. There is the problem of transiting through ... |
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| Shallow Water Stationkeeping of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle: The Experimental Results of a Disturbance Compensation Controller |
2005 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
J. S. Riedel; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA CENTER FOR AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE RESEARCH
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| The continual development of computer technology has enabled the expansion of intelligent control into the field of underwater robots, where potential uses include oceanographic research, environmental monitoring and military mine countermeasures. With the naval focus shifting to operations in the littorals, and the need to lower cost of operations, tetherless autonomous vehicles are now being proposed for use in very shallow water minefield reconnaissance. These areas are dominated by a ... |
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| Microwave Enhanced IR Detection of Landmines Using 915 MHz and 2450 MHz |
DEC 2004 |
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| Authors:
Howard Mende; Barbora Dej; Shyam Khanna; Rene Apps; Mike Boyle; Fraser Addison; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADAOTTAWA (ONTARIO)
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| As a continuation of previous studies in microwave enhanced infrared (IR) detection of landmines at DRDC Ottawa, additional experiments were performed using a microwave source at 2450 MHz to illuminate buried inert antipersonnel and antitank landmines. Further experiments were performed for the first time using a microwave device at 915 MHz with an open waveguide. Infrared detection was accomplished using a FLIR A20M IR camera in the 8-12 mm region. ... |
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| Synthetic Landmine Scene Development and Validation in DIRSIG |
AUG 2004 |
149 pages |
| Authors:
Erin D. Peterson; ROCHESTER INST OF TECH NY
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| Detection and neutralization of surface-laid and buried land mines has been a slow and dangerous endeavor for military forces and humanitarian organizations throughout the world. In an effort to make the process faster and safer, scientists have begun to exploit the ever-evolving passive electro- optical realm of detectors, both from a broadband perspective and a multi or hyperspectral perspective. Carried with this exploitation is the development of mine detection algorithms ... |
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| Effectiveness of Small Warheads |
AUG 2004 |
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| Authors:
David A. Sparrow; INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| This study was commissioned by the DARPA Self-Healing Minefield (SHM) program. The goal of the SHM program was to increase minefield effectiveness by adding communication and mobility functions to individual mines. This would enable a deployed field to self-organize as a network and detect breaching. Once detected, breaches would be sealed by mines hopping into the breach using their mobility capacity. To produce such mines in the current mine form ... |
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| Development and Test of the Humanitarian Demining Sifting Excavator |
OCT 2003 |
62 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher Wanner; ARMY CECOM NIGHT VISION AND ELECRONICS SENSORS DIRECTORATE FORT BELVOIR VA
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| The Humanitarian Demining Sifting Excavator has been developed to address the problem of finding and clearing deeply buried, mixed minefields. The motivation for the development came from a 2002 site assessment by the team of an existing mine problem in Honduras. Areas were identified containing both antipersonnel and antitank land mines buried up to 0.5 meters in mineralized soils. Conventional mine clearing techniques employed in the areas of interest had ... |
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| Trace Chemical Mine Detection Data Collection |
15 SEP 2003 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
A. Williams; MECHEM LYTTELTON (SOUTH AFRICA)
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| This final scientific and technical report outlines the progress made during Phases 1 and 2 of the trace chemical mine detection comparative testing using the MECHEM MEDDS and NOMADICS FIDO systems at Rakovo Polje Test Site in Croatia from July 2001 to August 2003 and summarizes the conclusions and recommendations from the test results obtained. A Final Meeting at the Doubletree Hotel at Falls Church/Tysons Corner in Virginia, USA was ... |
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| NAVOCEANO Seahorse AUV Participation in the Giant Shadow Experiment |
Sep-2003 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Swanson; R P Jr; J E Dzielski; M J Bregar; D L McDowell; S Tangirala; C R Zentner; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV WARMINSTER APPLIED RESEARCH LAB
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| During January of 2003, the first of the Seahorse vehicles was loaded into a missile tube onboard a Trident Submarine and successfully launched. This launch was part of a larger experiment called Giant Shadow, which included a number of U.S. Navy and industry participants. As part of this experiment, the Seahorse conducted two missions. The first mission consisted of two components and was conducted immediately following the launch from the ... |
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| Detection of Landmines and Suspected Minefields Using Novel Amplifying Fluorescent Polymers |
DEC 2002 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Marcus LA Grone; Mark Fisher; Colin Cumming; Eric Towers; NOMADICS INC STILLWATER OK
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| This report describes continuing efforts to detect landmines by using novel fluorescent polymers that sense the ultra-trace concentrations of nitroaromatic compounds emanating from explosives contained in mines. Under this contract, scientific studies were made and several new generations of detectors were developed and tested in an effort to understand the chemical signature of landmines. It has been shown that the landmine chemical signature tends to be heterogeneous and can be ... |
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| Demonstrating a Moving-Map System With Electronic Charts for Improved Lane Navigation: Testing on AAVs in Gulfport, MS |
30 SEP 2002 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Marlin L. Gendron; Stephanie A. Myrick; Stephanie S. Edwards; Richard A. Mang; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS MARINE GEOSCIENCES DIV
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| Amphibious landing operations that are being conducted in a mined environment require the use of navigation lanes that have been cleared of mines. The amount of time required to clear mines is determined by the width of the lanes to be cleared where lane width is determined by the ability of the assault craft to successfully navigate within a cleared lane (i.e., its lane navigation capability). Therefore, vehicles with stronger ... |
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| Wavelet Based Feature Extraction for Target Recognition and Minefield Detection |
21 MAY 2002 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Barry G. Sherlock; NORTH CAROLINA UNIV AT CHARLOTTE
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| This project produced advances in the theory of wavelets and two- channel filter banks, and the development of new algorithms for the generation of wavelet filters and the wavelet based processing of image data, with a view towards their usefulness in image analysis for target recognition. These results include implementation of simulated annealing and Discrete Wavelet Transform algorithms, derivation of parameterizations for various useful spaces of wavelets, derivation of expressions ... |
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| Utilization of Chemical Vapor Detection of Explosives as a Means of Rapid Minefield Area Reduction |
APR 2002 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Mark Fisher; Marcus laGrone; Colin Cumming; Eric Towers; ICX TECHNOLOGIES INC ARLINGTON VA
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| Clearing large areas that are suspected of containing landmines is an expensive and time-consuming task. Upon the completion of demining operations, few, if any, landmines may be found. Technologies that can locate individual landmines in a minefield exist, but most of these methods are relatively slow and expensive. In addition, these technologies are not generally suitable for rapid screening of an area for the presence of landmines. Hence, technologies that ... |
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| All-Purpose Remote Transport System (ARTS). Capabilities Demonstration, 24-26 September 2001 |
FEB 2002 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY CECOM NIGHT VISION AND ELECRONICS SENSORS DIRECTORATE FORT BELVOIR VA
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| The Department of State estimates that 80-110 million mines litter the world, the majority of which were deployed during the last 15 years. Several efforts are underway that address the current land mine problem. The United States established the Demining Assistance Program to initiate research and development into cost effective demining techniques. The Department of Defense Humanitarian Demining Research and Development Program at Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD), ... |
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| Tractor Accessorized Zerriest Series II (TAZ II) Capabilities Demonstration September 10-11 and October 2-3, 2001 |
JAN 2002 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY CECOM NIGHT VISION AND ELECRONICS SENSORS DIRECTORATE FORT BELVOIR VA
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| The United States Department of State estimates that 80-110 million mines litter the world, the majority of which were deployed during the last 15 years. Several efforts are underway that address the current land mine problem. The United States established the Demining Assistance Program to initiate research and development into cost-effective demining techniques. The Department of Defense Humanitarian Demining Research and Development Program at Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate ... |
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| Aardvark Mark IV Joint Services Flail Unit (MKIV) Capabilities Demonstration 1-10 October 2001 |
JAN 2002 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY CECOM NIGHT VISION AND ELECRONICS SENSORS DIRECTORATE FORT BELVOIR VA
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| The United States Department of State estimates that 80-110 million mines litter the world, the majority of which were deployed during the last 15 years. Several efforts are underway that address the current land mine problem. The United States established the Demining Assistance Program to initiate research and development into cost effective demining techniques. The Department of Defense (DoD) Humanitarian Demining Research and Development Program at Night Vision and Electronic ... |
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| Nuclear Waste: Technical, Schedule, and Cost Uncertainties of the Yucca Mountain Repository Project |
DEC 2001 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Recognizing the critical need to address the issue of nuclear waste disposal, the Congress enacted the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to establish a comprehensive policy and program for the safe, permanent disposal of commercial spent fuel and other highly radioactive wastes in one or more mined geologic repositories. In the act, the Congress stated that federal efforts to devise a permanent solution for disposing of radioactive waste had ... |
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| Manufactured Soil Field Demonstrations on Brownfields and Abandoned Minelands |
DEC 2001 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Charles R. Lee; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS
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| The purpose of this technical note is to describe the use of dredged material in manufacturing topsoil for restoration of brownfields and abandoned acid minelands. |
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| Handheld Metal Detectors: Nicaraguan Field Test Report |
OCT 2001 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Dennis M. Reidy; Sigberto A. Garcia; Duvier A. Mejia Ramos; Eraldo R. Soares; ARMY COMMUNICATIONS-ELECTRONICS COMMAND FORT BELVOIR VA NIGHT VISION AND ELECTRONICS SENSORS DIRECTORATE
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| This final technical report details the results of a joint project between the United States Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict (OASD-SO/LIC), the US Army Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD), the Organization of American States (OAS) (Organizacion de los Estados Americanos [OEA]), the Assistance Mission for Mine Clearance in Central America (La Mision de Asistencia para ... |
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| JAVAMIX: A Tactical Decision Aid to Evaluate Minefield Clearance Plans |
JUN 2001 |
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| Authors:
Jose C. Filho; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| A Tactical Decision Aid (TDA) for mixed minefield clearance, JAVAMIX, was designed, developed and tested, The TDA uses a Monte Carlo Simulation and it is based on the Monte Carlo option of the TDA MIXER (Washburn, 1995), The JAVAMIX GUI allows the user to introduce different plans based on the sweep and resource types available and mine types expected. To clear the minefield the user is asked to choose a ... |
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| Jordan Mine Action |
2001 |
49 pages |
| Authors:
Fayez Al-Dwairi; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| Jordan is one of many countries who suffer from mines. where these mines intended all over the north and west frontiers, these mines laid in the past to protect the borders against external threats but Jordan has never used scattered mines, unmarked fields, all minefields are marked and documented. There are estimated up to 300,000 landmines buried in Jordan soil. There are estimated up to several thousand mine victims, and ... |
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| A Robust Mine Detection Algorithm for Acoustic and Radar Images |
OCT 2000 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Arnold Williams; Rodney Meyer; Peter Pachowicz; George Maksymonko; SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPARLINGTON VA
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| Current research in minefield detection indicates that operationally no single sensor technology will likely be capable of detecting mines/minefields in a real-time manner and at a performance level suitable for a forward maneuver unit. Minefield detection involves a particularly wide range of operating scenarios and environmental conditions, which requires deployment of complementary sensor suites such as acoustic and ground penetrating radar sensors. To aid the sensor fusion required, we have ... |
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| Model-Based Clustering, Discriminant Analysis, and Density Estimation |
OCT 2000 |
47 pages |
| Authors:
Chris Fraley; Adrian E. Raftery; GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV WASHINGTON DC DEPT OF STATISTICS
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| Cluster analysis is the automated search for groups of related observations in a data set. Most clustering done in practice is based largely on heuristic but intuitively reasonable procedures and most clustering methods available in commercial software are also of this type. However, there is little systematic guidance associated with these methods for solving important practical questions that arise in cluster analysis, such as `How many clusters are there?" "Which ... |
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| Investigation of the Interaction of Elastic Waves with Buried Mines |
12 JUL 2000 |
201 pages |
| Authors:
Waymond R. Scott Jr.; Peter H. Rogers; James S. Martin; GEORGIA INST OF TECH ATLANTA SCHOOL OFELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
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| A system has recently been developed at Georgia Tech that exploits the advantages of seismic techniques while overcoming the implementation issues. The technique uses an interrogation sensor that detects the elastic waves in the earth without contacting the earth. A radar is currently being used as the interrogation sensor. The system employs an elastic wave source that launches a surface (Rayleigh) wave that travels over the minefield. ... |
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| The Sapper Lane Assault Marking System |
02 JUN 2000 |
101 pages |
| Authors:
Barry K. Williams; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The purpose of this study is to ascertain whether the Sapper Lane Assault Marking System (SLAMS) will enhance light infantry and the light combat engineer's capability to standardize minefield marking. It was hypothesized that SLAMS is a critical asset for providing rapid and deliberate minefield marking of obstacles on restrictive and severely restrictive terrain for light infantry and light combat engineers on the battlefield. The study explains the rationale behind ... |
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| Formation Control For Multi-Vehicle Robotic Minesweeeping |
JUN 2000 |
101 pages |
| Authors:
Peter M. Ludwig; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Current methods of minefield reconnaissance and clearance operations prove to be tedious, time consuming, expensive, and dangerous. In an effort to find an effective low cost solution, the U.S. Navy is considering using fleets of robotic underwater vehicles equipped with detection sensors and /or magnetic and acoustic minesweeping devices. To ensure maximum sweeping of the minefield, all vehicle movements are coordinated through a supervisor vehicle. ... |
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| Amphibious Operations in a Mine Environment. A Clear Path to the Beach.. ..Unmarked |
APR 2000 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Mark E. Sanders; AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLL MAXWELL AFB AL
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| The intended audience for this paper is those individuals with a working knowledge of naval concepts in littoral regions, specifically with reference to amphibious operations in a mine environment. As such, liberty is taken to not fully explain all mine warfare and amphibious terms and concepts referred to within. Basic mine warfare concepts of employment and capabilities are assumed to be within the common knowledge of the reader. Department of ... |
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| Ultra-Wideband Radar Development for Non-Touch Terrain Sensing Application on Close Combat Support Vehicles |
MAR 2000 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Gerald V. Jung; Dave Fredrick; Marco C. Truong; Scott J. Merritts; Mitul Modi; Leonard S. Hayes; Chujen Lin; Alexander Davydov; Alan Petroff; Larry Fullerton; Justin Hernandez; ARMY TANK-AUTOMOTIVE COMMAND WARREN MI
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| (U) Grizzly, the Army's next-generation complex obstacle breaching system, operates in a harsh environment where sand, dirt, dust, mud, obscurants, battlefield debris, varying levels of vegetation, wide temperature ranges, and ballistic shock from artillery, direct fire, and both anti-tank and anti-personnel mine are the norm. One of the mission critical capabilities of the Grizzly is to effectively breach minefields. (U) The US Army Tank and Automotive Research, Development and Engineering ... |
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| Hybrid Models for Sequential Decision Making |
15 JAN 2000 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Ron Sun; MISSOURI UNIV-COLUMBIA
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| To study hybrid architectures of complex learning, especially as applied to a simulated minefield navigation task, we developed a hybrid connectionist model CLARION as a demonstration of the approach of bottom-up skill learning (from procedural to declarative knowledge). The model essentially consisted of two levels for capturing both procedural and declarative knowledge and enabling bottom-up learning, which differed markedly from existing models. Our Computational and ... |
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| Ladar-Acoustic Fused Sensor for Area Denial Application |
2000 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Paul Kisatsky; Gervasio Prado; Tom Brennan; ARMY ARMAMENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER PICATINNY ARSENAL NJ
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| Area Denial concepts, as applied to the next generation of scatterable mines (NGSM), are oriented to the philosophy of greatly reducing the cost and logistics burden of the current family of scatterable mines (FASCAM) while maintaining or improving their effectiveness. By extending the sensing radius of the mines and employing some level of warhead mobility, each mine can protect a larger surrounding area, thus reducing the number of mines required ... |
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| Surface and Buried Landmine Scene Generation and Validation Using the Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Image Generation (DIRSIG) Model |
2000 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Erin D. Peterson; Scott D. Brown; Timothy J. Hattenberger; John R. Schott; ROCHESTER INST OF TECH NY
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| Detection and neutralization of surface-laid and buried landmines has been a slow and dangerous endeavor for military forces and humanitarian organizations throughout the world. In an effort to make the process faster and safer, scientists have begun to exploit the ever-evolving passive electro- optical realm, both from a broadband perspective and a multi or hyperspectral perspective. Carried with this exploitation is the development of mine detection algorithms that take advantage ... |
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| A Combat Simulation Analysis of the Amphibious Assault Vehicle in Countermine Operations |
SEP 1999 |
74 pages |
| Authors:
Dillard H. Fambroo III; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the effectiveness of an Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) as a mine countermeasure in the surf zone and beach zone (sz/bz). In order to show the utility of these approaches, this thesis presents results from three different scenarios. Scenario one provides a baseline and is conducted with the amphibious landing force moving onshore with no minefield breaching operations ... |
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| Synthetic Aperture Radar for Mine Detection and Identification |
31 AUG 1999 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Lawrence Carin; DUKE UNIV DURHAM NC DEPT OF ELECTRICALENGINEERING
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| This project has focused on modeling and signal processing for the detection and identification of buried and surface land mines, both metal and plastic. The modeling has been performed through development of a method of moments (MoM) for general conducting/dielectric targets in an arbitrary multi- layered environment. The model accounts for all loss and dispersion associated with real soils. Using the MoM models, we have ... |
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| Multiple Autonomous Vehicle Solutions to Minefield Reconnaissance and Mapping |
15 JUL 1999 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
A. J. Healey; J. Kim; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Modeling and Simulation is an important tool for the evaluation of new concept systems. In particular, new system concepts are being developed for minefield reconnaissance and neutralization using robot vehicles. Also, with an emphasis on low cost, these systems are being focused on multi-robot capabilities using fleets of similar and dissimilar vehicles in cooperative behaviors. The problems of operating in the very shallow water areas (VSW) are increased by the ... |
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| Hazardous Material Management on the Grizzly Program |
17 MAY 1999 |
30 pages |
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INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| The Grizzly, an Acquisition Category II program, is an Army vehicle designed with a full-vehicle-width mine-cleaning blade, a power-driven arm, and a commander's control station integrated on an Ml Abrams tank chassis. When fielded, a two-person crew will operate the Grizzly. The Army designed the Grizzly to clear lanes in natural obstacles, such as streams, dry gaps, and fallen trees, and in man-made obstacles, such as wire, craters, and mine ... |
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