Accession Number:

ADA616009

Title:

Testing of Hand-Held Mine Detection Systems

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

YUMA TEST CENTER YUMA PROVING GROUND AZ MUNITIONS AND WEAPONS DIV

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

2015-01-08

Pagination or Media Count:

109.0

Abstract:

The purpose of this TOP is to provide the tester standardized testing methodologies and procedures to assess dismounted handheld detection systems in order to ensure overall safety, performance, and reliability of the system. It describes activities necessary to ensure safety is designed into the system under test, and to verify detection performance meets system requirements such as, to detect landmines, improvised explosive devices and their components, as well as, ammunition cache andor unexploded ordnance.

Descriptors:

• *ORDNANCE LOCATORS
• DETECTION
• GROUND PENETRATING RADAR
• HAND HELD
• IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
• LAND MINES
• TEST METHODS

Subject Categories:

• Land Mine Warfare
• Magnetic and Electric Field Detection and Detectors
• Active and Passive Radar Detection and Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE