Magnetic Detection and Tracking of Military Vehicles

Abstract

Under the Next Generation Scatterable Mines (NGSM) program led by the U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC and as a subcontractor to IITRI, Quantum Magnetics (QM) has participated in several rounds of field experiments in magnetic detection and tracking of military vehicles. Field data were acquired by three generations of magnetoresistive (MR) magnetic tensor gradiometers and analyzed by QM and Vista Clara. Successive gradiometer design generations mark a path to meeting NGSM form factor constraints. Magnetic gradiometry can detect and unambiguously locate magnetic targets, even in magnetically contaminated environments, as shown by results presented below.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 25, 2002
Accession Number
ADA409217

Entities

People

  • Alexander R. Perry
  • Brian R. Whitecotton
  • David O. Walsh
  • Peter V. Czipott
  • Yacine Dalichaouch

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Calibration
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Gradiometers
  • Magnetic Detection
  • Magnetic Detectors
  • Magnetic Dipoles
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetic Moments
  • Magnetometers
  • Matched Filters
  • Measurement
  • Military Vehicles
  • Signal Processing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Science - Quantum Dots