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DEVELOPMENT OF MINESEYE
MINESEYE will lead to a demining system
which is fairly simple to deploy and
to maintain, yet could enhance the detection
capability of the currently established
metal detector, while reducing the number
of false positives generated by such
a detector with improved sensitivities.
The ability to confirm the presence
or absence of explosives under a suspect
location first identified by a metal
detector will reduce significantly the
time required for manual confirmation.
It will take much less time to carry
out the detect and confirm operation
with the MINESEYE system, but a longer
time to unearth a suspected object for
inspection. The saving in time using
the 2 sensors Scan and Detect methodology
can be estimated to be more than a factor
of 10.
The project team is composed of 3 SMEs
(FR,UK,RO), 1 research institute (FR)
and 1 end-user (DE / MgM People Against
Landmines). MgM has active demining
programmes in Angola, Namibia and Mozambique
and their involvement from the beginning
is expected to lead to a demand driven
solution with due consideration for
cost and benefits.
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