scope:

APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE

This Directive applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities in the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components").

PURPOSE

This Directive:

Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for the centralized coordination of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) information within the Department of Defense.

Establishes the UXOCOE to provide for coordination of UXO technologies across the Department of Defense.

Designates the Secretary of the Army as Executive Agent (EA) for the UXOCOE in accordance with Reference (a).

Ensures DoD UXO policy objectives are met and the UXO-related requirements (e.g., detection and neutralization) of the Military Departments are coordinated in a manner that focuses resources to ensure required capabilities are met, while avoiding duplication of effort.

Cancels Reference (b).