A drone with a metal detector, magnetometer, ground penetrating radar or other device/sensor flying over a given area records and displays on the map all the data necessary for sappers with reference to GPS coordinates about the detected metal-containing and explosive objects.
The main dream and goal of the project:
To create a sensor/set of sensors that detects explosive ordnance, primarily plastic mines, and allows you to ignore all garbage containing metal.
Current situation:
Today, the carrier drone with the necessary software and a multi-zone metal detector is fully operational, undergoing final testing at the Odesa training ground (TRL 6), and the team will hand it over to the sappers for real-world testing next month.
The first flights/tests with a magnetometer and GPR, as well as R&D of a sensor that detects the UXO, have also begun.
Technical characteristics:
– hexacopter
– weight with multi-zone metal detector ~ 5 kg
– flight time with one battery ~ 30 minutes
– survey area ~ 1000 m2
Advantages:
– simplicity of design and components, which allows for easy, quick and inexpensive repair of the system in the field
– low cost of the system itself
– written software allows to minimize the participation of personnel in the work and thus significantly reduces the requirements for operator training
– a modular system is being developed that allows for easy change of media and research equipment, depending on the tasks at hand
– the system has a wide range of applications, it allows not only to detect mines and other explosive objects, but also to examine radiation contamination, communications, etc. when changing equipment
– All information received by the systems is fed into a centralized database, which allows specialists to have a general picture of mined areas, including quantitative characteristics and types of mines, as well as information about demined areas
Manufacturer: https://www.instagram.com/mine.detector/
