Humanitarian Mine Finder Experiment for Humanitarian Demining (HD)

摘要

Problem Definition, Landmines: The hard part is DETECTING the mines and UXO. Current methods of detection and removal are slow and dangerous. Current funding (DoS and DoD) levels are inadequate to seriously address the problem. Mines and Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) are a major problem around the world. Hypothesis: An Airship equipped with multiple bands of synthetic aperture radar that operate in a full polar metric mode, when operated at low altitudes (below 1000 ft agl) and flying at slow speeds (20-40 knts) will be able to detect mines and UXO in a variety of conditions (terrain). This method of locating mines and UXO will be more efficient (faster) and safer (man out of the mine field) than current methods.