FACILITIES

Point of contact

Name:	Ulf Raaf , Sensor Technology Division
Organization:	FOI, Swedish Defence Research Agency
Function:	Senior Research Engineer
Phone / Fax:	+4613378000
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General information

Indoor test area (m2):	100
Outdoor test area (m2):	5000

Particular constraints

Working hours:	08:00 to 16:30
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Entrance requirements:	Non-Swedish citizens must apply for permission in advance
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Logistics

Mechanical workshop:	Engineering workshop available, both mechanical and electrical
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Explosive allowed:	Y/N: No		Fragmentation?: No
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Services supplied:	Electricity	Fuel	Water	Compressed air
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
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Canteen:	Luch restaurant available
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Distance (km):	Hotel: Many hotels available at less than 5 km
	Railway station: 5 km
	Airport: 7 km
Remarks:	Daily flights to Copenhagen International Airport

List of testing facilities available

Indoor test and measurement facilities with sand soil. Outdoor test landscape facilities with various magnetic and gravel soils.

Completed, ongoing and planned test & evaluation projects

Ongoing: Mine Detection using radar. A hand-held mine detection device, Humus, is developed based on radar technique. As opposed to metal detectors, radar equipment can find mines with very little or no metallic content. Choosing the bandwidth of the radar correctly, the risk of metal scrap and fragments causing false alarms can be reduced. In addition to developing detection algorithms, much effort is put into classification of different mines and other objects such as stones, metal fragments etc. using advanced signal processing. This reduces the false alarm rate even further and the information of mine type can be useful when neutralizing it. Completed: Evaluation of ten handhold metal detectors, commissioned by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration.