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Ft. Belvoir Indoor Mine Lanes, Virginia |
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USA |
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Point of contact
| Name: |
Bert Garcia |
| Organization: |
Department of Defense |
| Function: |
Senior Project Engineer |
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+1 703 693 5223 / +1 703 693 3039 |
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General information
| Indoor test area : |
six 2.45m x 33m lanes |
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Particular constraints
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Normal |
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Logistics
| Mechanical workshop: |
No |
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| Explosive allowed: |
Yes |
Fragmentation: No |
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Electricity
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Fuel
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Water
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Compressed air
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Yes
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Yes
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| Canteen: |
No |
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List of testing facilities available
- Six 2.45m x 33m lanes containing five different soil types
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Completed, ongoing and planned test & evaluation projects
Capabilities
- The test facility is comprised of six 8 foot x 108 foot lanes containing five different soil types (loam, clay, sand, stream-run gravel, iron-rich soil). All lanes are 1.5m deep.
- The facility has recently been upgraded to eliminate electrical interference caused by the prime movers for the overhead trolleys (to which the detectors are mounted). In addition, soil lanes were reinstalled
to insure uniform content of intended soils and to eliminate any unintended clutter. Expansion of the facilities, to include outdoor, 18.3m extensions, of the indoor lanes, is now under way. During this expansion phase, state-of-the-art test recording instrumentation will be installed. This will allow the developer to design tests that separately challenge the sensor, algorithm, and system performance. This will ensure that algorithms are not built around dysfunctional sensors and also provides the means through which the developer can fully understand the detector’s phenomenology.
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Further Information
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