Rapid Identification of Ordnance and IED Materials

NxGEN Electronics, in conjunction with United States Semiconductor, the University of Missouri in Columbia, and the United States Army is developing a novel, highly sensitive, electronic sniffer technology called the Quantum Fingerprint™ detector. The technology has a high potential to provide a breakthrough in the US military’s ability to reduce the threats posed by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), military explosives, chem/bio agents and detect other compounds of interest. The SBIR Phase 1 effort with the US Army focused on demonstrating the ability to discriminate between diesel fuels of different origins since they are a common ingredient in IED’s. The purpose of the Phase II effort will be to develop an IED/ordnance identification application that addresses the rapid identification and sourcing of a wide range of IED components and their point of origin, which also has vast commercial potential in the military and other sectors. Likely examples of IED materials that will be examined are diesel, motor oil, peroxides, black powder, and military explosives, e.g., PETN, TNT and RDX.