Standardized UXO Technology
Demonstration Site

For more information, please contact the
Army Environmental Hotline
E-mail: Environmental Hotline
Phone: 800-USA-3845 (800-327-3845)

The Open Field area provides the demonstrator with a variety of realistic scenarios essential for evaluating sensor system performance. The scenarios and challenges found on this Open Field area consist of a gravel road, wet areas, dips ruts and trees. Vegetation height varies from 15 to 25 centimeters. Other challenges that may be found on an open field site include electrical lines, swales, stone pads/roads, and metallic fencing that test the capabilities of the platform systems or hand held detectors.

Recently the Open Field area was reconfigured to emulate typical impact area conditions. There are two new sub-areas, direct fire and indirect fire. Each sub-area contains munition types that are typically found in an impact area of each associated range. Furthermore, munitions and clutter are emplaced in a pattern characteristic of each type of sub area.