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

Volume

17

Issue

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

4

Lastpage

11

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;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.987129

Filename

987129