AI for Munitions Recovery
AI for an AUV is being developed to address unexploded ordnance in the North and Baltic Seas leftover from World War I and II.
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Navy’s Unmanned Minesweepers Clears Shock Trials
The Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS), capable of launching from the Navy’s littoral combat ships or operated from shore, is designed to use both acoustic and magnetic sensors to deter and sweep mines at sea.
Read moreStudy Examines how Dumped Munitions Move Underwater
University of Delaware researchers are studying how unexploded ordnance and munitions that were dumped in the oceans move underwater in order to better locate them for removal. They are using AUVs, sensors and positioning systems to study how fabricated surrogate munitions that they planted at a test site in Delaware Bay move over time depending on sediment, currents and storms.
Read moreCivilian Engineer Awarded for Advances in Unexploded Ordnance Disposal
The Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service was awarded to Steven Kim, a mechanical engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division, at an award presentation held on base June 7. It is the second highest award granted to career civilian employees by the secretary of defense. Kim, recognized nationally and
Read moreWWII Unexploded Ordnance to be Removed for Viking Link Project
U.K. and Netherlands-based subsea provider N-Sea has secured a contract estimated to be in excess of €6 million with National Grid and Energinet to deliver an unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance campaign for the Viking Link Project. Due to start mid-May, the contract is part of a high-profile project for the installation of a subsea power cable between the U.K. and
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