Near-Term Vehicular Sensor Fused 3-D UWB Radar And Hyperspectral Imaging For Enhanced IED And Mine Detection And IED Suppression

Time Domain Corporation proposes a novel dual phenomenology sensor to detect, classify and alert against IEDs and mines at near OP-TEMPO cross country speeds. A specially designed pulsed Ultra Wideband (UWB) radar offers one of the phenomenologies and an IR Hyperspectral Imager the other. The UWB radar uses a unique design to maximize range, resolution and ground penetration for the detection of IEDs and mines, both above and below ground. Very high bandwidth and polarimetric UWB radar capability enables refined discrimination of true targets as well as trigger wires both above and below the surface. The projected performance is equal to or better than current state of the art devices. The UWB radar also serves a dual role for jamming any IED wireless command detonator to help enhance survivability. The UWB radar is designed to be completely unobtrusive to the operator or vehicle function. A co-boresighted Hyperspectral Imager sensor is used to add a complementary sensing function which is fused to provide dual phenomenology for enhance detection of IEDs and mines and reduced false alarms. The comparatively long range of these sensors and high throughput signal processing permits vehicle travel at tactically useful speeds.