SBIR/STTR Research Award

REMOTE DETECTION OF DRUGS AND EXPLOSIVES BY TIME-DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY

Award identifier baa9b123c08ea39d8008f4a7dd9bbafe90ca4c644c8916896544a977db563491Awarding agency Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Award amount

$49,941

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase I

Award year

1990

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Defense
Branch
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Recipient company
Rapidan Research Corp
Proposal award date
Not reported
Contract end date
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UEI
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Solicitation number
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Topic code
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Research abstract

THIS PROJECT IS AN INVESTIGATION OF THE POSSIBILITY OF REMOTELY DETECTING ILLEGAL CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES SUCH AS DRUGS AND EXPLOSIVES BY MEANS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES. THE PULSES WOULD SCATTER FROM THESE SUBSTANCES AND PRODUCE SIGNATURES WHICH COULD BE RECOGNIZED. PHASE I OBJECTIVES ARE FIRST, TO MEASURE THE ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF SEVERAL OF THESE SUBSTANCES, AND TO SYNTHESIZE SIGNATURES THAT WOULD BE PRODUCED. SECOND, INVESTIGATIONS WOULD BE DONE ON THE EQUIPMENT AND ON THE DATA PROCESSING TECHNIQUES REQUIRED. ANTICIPATED BENEFITS/POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS - THE METHOD WOULD PROVIDE A LESS EXPENSIVE AND MORE EFFECTIVE MEANS OF DETECTING THE ABOVE SUBSTANCES. THE APPARATUS COULD BE USED IN AIRPORTS, IN THE FIELD, AND FROM THE AIR. KEY WORDS - EXPLOSIVES DETECTION, DRUG DETECTION, IMPULSE RADAR, ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE

Technology keywords

Not reported

Agency intelligence

Department of Defense

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