An affordable modular vehicle radar for landmine and IED detection

David Daniels; Paul Curtis; Jon Dittmer; Nigel Hunt; Blair Graham; Robert Allan

doi:10.1117/12.820174

29 April 2009 An affordable modular vehicle radar for landmine and IED detection

David Daniels, Paul Curtis, Jon Dittmer, Nigel Hunt, Blair Graham, Robert Allan

Proceedings Volume 7308, Radar Sensor Technology XIII; 73080G (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.820174
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2009, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

This paper describes a vehicle mounted 8-channel radar system suitable for buried landmine and IED detection. The system is designed to find Anti Tank (AT) landmines and buried Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). The radar uses field-proven ground penetrating radar sub-system modules and is scalable to 16, 32 or 64 channels, for covering greater swathe widths and for providing higher cross track resolution. This offers the capability of detecting smaller targets down to a minimum dimension of 100mm. The current rate of advance of the technology demonstrator is 10 kph; this can be increased to 20 kph where required. The data output is triggered via shaft encoder or via GPS and, for each forward increment; the data output is variable from a single byte per channel through to the 512 samples per channel. Trials using an autonomous vehicle, combined with a COFDM wireless link for data and telemetry back to a base station, have proven successful and the system architecture is described in this paper. The GPR array can be used as a standalone sensor or can be integrated with off-the-shelf software and a metal detection array.

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David Daniels, Paul Curtis, Jon Dittmer, Nigel Hunt, Blair Graham, and Robert Allan "An affordable modular vehicle radar for landmine and IED detection", Proc. SPIE 7308, Radar Sensor Technology XIII, 73080G (29 April 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.820174

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Radar

Antennas

Land mines

General packet radio service

Digital signal processing

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