India: Digital University Kerala researchers develop mine-detection technology

A team of researchers from the Digital University Kerala (DUK) have come up with a technology to detect buried explosives with minimum human involvement. The technology can be put to use even in the most rugged and forested areas, thereby, Read More …

Chelton hosts UK MoD at Test Facility

Redhill Aerodrome, UK: Chelton’s purpose-built test lanes provide a controlled and comprehensive environment for product assessment and validation of detection equipment. In April 2023, Chelton hosted personnel from the UK’s Ministry of Defence at its purpose-built test facility in Redhill. Read More …

US Army fleet of roadside bomb-hunting Dash 8s depart Middle East

The US Army’s fleet of roadside bomb-hunting turboprops has flown its last mission in the Middle East. The service said on 11 August that the programme known as Saturn Arch flew its final combat mission for US Central Command (CENTCOM) Read More …

India: BSF holds field trial of hand-held ground penetrating radar along Indo-Pak border

The BSF is conducting a field trial of hand-held ground penetrating radar to detect tunnels, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and landmines along the Indo-Pak border. When deployed, the state-of-the-art equipment will help the BSF in curbing smuggling of arms and Read More …

India: MHA gives nod to field trials of ground-penetrating radar at Pakistan border

The Union home ministry has given the approval for field trials of hi-tech ground-penetrating radar (GPR) that will help detect tunnels, anti-tank mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on the western border with Pakistan, a development that comes amid India’s Read More …

U.S. Army orders ground-penetrating radar system for detecting hidden IEDs

U.S. Army counter-land mine experts needed ground-penetrating radar systems to detect improvised explosive devices (IEDs) buried in roadways. They found their solution from Chemring Sensors and Electronics Systems (CSES) in Dulles, Va. Officials of the Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Read More …

UNOPS and the government of Japan support demining in Ukraine

With funding from Japan, a project is addressing an urgent need to replace the State Emergency Service of Ukraine’s obsolete demining equipment. To help increase the efficiency of the country’s demining process, the Government of Japan worked with UNOPS to Read More …

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