Countermine Systems

Abstract

This Program Element (PE) investigates, designs, and evaluates technologies to improve countermine, signature management and counter-sensors capabilities. The focus is on sensor components, sub-components and software algorithms to improve detection of mines, explosive threats and directed energy; ballistic methods to defeat mines and explosive threats; and signature management technologies to reduce reconnaissance capabilities of the enemies. This PE also supports DoD's Center of Excellence for Unexploded Ordnance, which coordinates and standardizes land mine signature models, maintains a catalogue of mine signatures, supports the evaluation of mine detection sensors and algorithms, and working in conjunction with the US Army Engineer, Research and Development Center (ERDC), examines countermine phenomenology of surface and buried mines, and explosive threats. Project H24 advances state of the art Countermine technologies to accurately detect threats with a high probability, reduce false alarms, and enable an increased operational tempo. Project H35 evaluates and develops advanced signature management and deception techniques for masking friendly force capabilities and intentions. Work in this PE is related to and fully coordinated with PE 0602120A (Sensors and Electronic Survivability), PE 0602622A (Chemical, Smoke and Equipment Defeating Technology), PE 0602624A (Weapons and Munitions Technology), PE 0602709A (Night Vision Technology), PE 0602784A (Military Engineering Technology), PE 0603004A (Weapons and Munitions Advanced Technology), PE 0603606A (Landmine Warfare and Barrier Advanced Technology), and PE 0603710A (Night Vision Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Science and Technology priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this PE is performed by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM)/Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC)/Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate(NVESD), Fort Belvoir, VA.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2015
• Source ID: 0602712A_2_2040_PB_2015
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Counter IED
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Detection
• Detectors
• Directed Energy Weapons
• Engineering
• Engineers
• Explosives
• False Alarms
• Fire Control Systems
• Land Mines
• Military Engineering
• Military Research
• Munitions
• Night Vision
• Unexploded Ammunition
• Weapons

Readers

• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
• Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
• Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

• Directed Energy
• Microelectronics