ITEP dual sensor test in Germany

Abstract

An ITEP test campaign of landmine detection sensors has been taken place in September-October 2009 in Germany, led by the Federal Office of Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB), Germany. The main objective of the test is the performance evaluation of dual sensors which combine metal detector and groundpenetrating radar (GPR) for identifying detected objects. In addition stand-alone metal detectors, stand-alone metal detectors with discrimination capability and stand-alone GPR have also been tested for comparison. The result clearly shows that the tested dual sensors are potentially capable of discriminating metal clutter and landmines, which is expected to contribute to the efficiency improvement of the clearance operation. However, at the same time, some issues that may need to be overcome for the use in humanitarian demining have been arisen.