Detection of the buried landmine/projectile using LS-band FLGPR vehicle

Tetsuya Kimata; Kosuke Shigematsu; Hirotomo Nakajima; Junko Morita

doi:10.1117/12.2516340

10 May 2019 Detection of the buried landmine/projectile using LS-band FLGPR vehicle

Tetsuya Kimata, Kosuke Shigematsu, Hirotomo Nakajima, Junko Morita

Proceedings Volume 11012, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XXIV; 110121A (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2516340
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2019, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

A standoff detector is required to reduce the damage caused by explosive objects such as landmine and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). A forward looking ground penetrating radar (FLGPR) has the benefit of detecting buried objects at a significant standoff distance. We fabricated a vehicle-mounted FLGPR comprising 4 × 32 multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar antennas, and then conducted a field test for the detection of buried landmines and projectiles. Here we show that the FLGPR system with LS-band succeeded in detecting the buried landmines and projectiles during vehicle running. We found that the LS-band radar was able to detect the buried landmines and projectiles while the vehicle was running by using motion compensation and multi-look processing. The experimental results suggest that the LS-band can be available for standoff detection with a vehicle-mounted FLGPR system.

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Tetsuya Kimata, Kosuke Shigematsu, Hirotomo Nakajima, and Junko Morita "Detection of the buried landmine/projectile using LS-band FLGPR vehicle", Proc. SPIE 11012, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XXIV, 110121A (10 May 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2516340

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