Title :
US Air Force EarthRadar for detection and discrimination of buried unexploded ordnance
Author :
Bakhtar, Khosrow ; Sagal, Ellen
Author_Institution :
Bakhtar Associates, Newport Beach, CA, USA
fDate :
2/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The US Air Force EarthRadar system is a multi-purpose sensor designed and constructed using "radar" principles. This technology was originally developed for the US Air Force to detect buried unexploded ordnance (UXO). Bakhtar Associates developed the US Air Force EarthRadar technology under the DoD SBIR program. The system is capable of detecting buried metallic and non-metallic objects, including glass vials. In addition, the manner in which system hardware, signal processing, and the integrated high resolution global positioning system (GPS) are configured makes it ideal for applications such as mapping subsurface geological features, locating cavities and collapse features, and identifying contaminated ground
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; buried object detection; geology; radar applications; DoD SBIR program; EarthRadar system; US Air Force; buried metallic objects; buried nonmetallic objects; buried unexploded ordnance; collapse features; contaminated ground; global positioning system; signal processing; subsurface geological features; system hardware; Buried object detection; Force sensors; Glass; Global Positioning System; Hardware; Radar detection; Sensor systems; Signal mapping; Signal processing; Signal resolution;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE
