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Ongoing Projects in Canada
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| Activity n° |
CAN001 |
| Project Name |
Hyperspectral Imaging (HI) development and trials |
| Project Description |
To define the ability of HI to detect buried mines, to develop a thermal infrared hyperspectral imager, and to test derived detection algorithms. |
| Where |
Canadian Centre for Mine Action Technologies/ Defence Research Establishment Suffield |
| Category |
Detection Sensors, Vehicle Mounted |
| Detection Sensors, Handheld |
| When |
Program in place for more than 10 years. Funded until 2003 |
| Comments |
DRES staff also participated in the airborne multispectral trial (MUST 2000) in northern Australia and is conducting data analysis of results collected over the minefield target. |
| Country |
Canada |
| Who |
Dr. John McFee |
| Contact: |
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| Web |
None |
| Activity n° |
CAN002 |
| Project Name |
Trial of wide variety of hand held and occasionally wide array metal detectors. |
| Project Description |
To define the capabilities and limitations of off-the-shelf and developmental metal detectors. |
| Where |
Various locations including Afghanistan, Cambodia, Croatia, and Bosnia for in-country trials. Majority of trials done at CCMAT/DRES. |
| Category |
Detection Sensors, Handheld |
| When |
On going |
| Comments |
Most recent major trial was as part of the International Pilot Project for Technical Cooperation (IPPTC) |
| Country |
Canada |
| Who |
Dr. Yoga Das, Mr. Jack Toews |
| Contact: |
, |
| Web |
None |
| Activity n° |
CAN003 |
| Project Name |
T&E of developmental instrumented prodder which is designed to discriminate between naturally occurring objects such as rocks and mine materials such as metal and plastic |
| Project Description |
To define capabilities and limitations of developmental instrumented prodders prior to introduction into the humanitarian demining community. |
| Where |
CCMAT/DRE Suffield |
| Category |
Manual Demining |
| When |
Latest trial completed Oct 1999 and a new version will be trialled tentatively in Fall of 2001. |
| Comments |
None |
| Country |
Canada |
| Who |
Mr. Kevin Russell |
| Contact: |
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| Web |
None |
| Activity n° |
CAN004 |
| Project Name |
T&E of vehicle mounted Anti-tank GPR Detectors and investigations into the use of GPR to detect Anti-personnel mines. |
| Project Description |
Evaluate off-the-shelf vehicle mounted GPR performance. Investigate and develop software and techniques that can improve the detectability of Anti-personnel mines using commercially available GPR detectors |
| Where |
CCMAT/ DRE Suffield |
| Category |
Detection Sensors, Vehicle Mounted |
| When |
On-going |
| Comments |
Israeli ELTA GPR is only GPR T&E of vehicle mounted system. Current contract for investigating anti-personnel mine detection with handheld GPR is funded until 2002. |
| Country |
Canada |
| Who |
Mr. Doug Benson |
| Contact: |
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| Web |
None |
| Activity n° |
CAN005 |
| Project Name |
T&E of an optical tripwire detector currently under development for CCMAT will be done in a variety of backgrounds, light conditions and using a variety of tripwire materials/configurations |
| Project Description |
To define capabilities and limitations of a unique detector which can optically detect tripwires or segments of tripwires under realistic conditions |
| Where |
CCMAT/DRE Suffield |
| Category |
Manual Demining |
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Detection Sensors, Vehicle Mounted
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Detection Sensors, Handheld
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Other
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| When |
Vehicle mounted, breadboard version - Late 2001 |
| Comments |
None |
| Country |
Canada |
| Who |
Dr. John McFee |
| Contact: |
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| Web |
None |
| Activity n° |
CAN006 |
| Project Name |
T&E of various nuclear-based mine detection instruments under development for CCMAT and DRDC |
| Project Description |
Continuing improvements to the thermal neutron activation (TNA) confirmatory detector, developed for ILDP, requires complete characterization of response and operating parameters. The performance of a prototype neutron albedo imager will need to be evaluated, when completed. Fundamental X-ray modelling studies are expected to lead to a breadboard instrument which must be characterized. |
| Where |
CCMAT/DRE Suffield, DRE Ottawa |
| Category |
Detection Sensors, Vehicle Mounted |
| Detection Sensors, Handheld |
| Other |
| When |
TNA testing; Fall 2001 and continuing, neutron albedo imager; Spring 2002, X-ray imager; Late 2002 |
| Comments |
Lab test facility for X-Ray Backscatter nearing completion. |
| Country |
Canada |
| Who |
Dr. John McFee, Dr. Anthony Faust |
| Contact: |
, |
| Web |
None |
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