| Project Nr.: | 2.4.1.3 |
| Title: | Develop and validate guidelines for reliability testing of dual-sensor mine detectors consisting of a metal detector and a ground penetrating radar |
| Description: | The project is planned to be carried out in two phases:The first phase includes the preparation of a first version of an optimal reliability test design for dual sensor mine detectors based on previous trial experiences with handheld close-in detection systems and recommendations from the ITEP Working Group on Multi Sensors (ITEP WGMS).The second phase consists of the finalisation of the proposed draft test guidelines taking into account lessons learned from validation testing of commercially available (without restrictions) dual-sensor mine detectors in controlled conditions (ITEP Project 2.4.2.13) |
| Aim: | Compile final guidelines for reliability testing of dual sensor mine detectors |
| Request: | Manufacturers, Mine Action Authorities, GICHD, UNMAS |
| Category: | Detection - Multi-sensor |
| Type: | Methodology |
| Equipment: | Commercially available dual sensor detectors |
| Development: | N/A |
| Time Frame: | 2006-10-01 to 2010-07-31 |
| Place: | BAM, Center for Testing, Development and Training (HCR-CTRO) - Benkovac test facility (Croatia), BundeswehrTechnical Center for Protective and Special Technologies - WTD 52 (Germany). The latter is a new test facility constructed specifically for dual-sensor testing (ITEP Project 7.2.13) |
| Lead Nation: | Germany |
| Partners: | Belgium, Canada, The Netherlands, Sweden, United States, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) - Tohoku University |
| Point of contact: | |
| E-mail: | Not available
| Status: | Ongoing |
| Comments: | A BAM/ITEP field trial to validate the first version of the developed dual-sensor test guidelines was planned from the 17th of September to the 19th of October 2007 at the Benkovac test site in Croatia (ITEP project 2.4.2.12). However, this trial had to be cancelled at the last moment due to the short term unavailability of two of the COTS dual-sensor detector systems. From the 22nd to the 26th of October 2007, several dual-sensor mine detector systems developed by the Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST) were tested by the Croatian Mine Action Centre - Center for Testing Development and Training (HCR-CTRO) in co-operation with the JST using the trial protocol, which had been developed by BAM for the cancelled ITEP dual-sensor detector trial. ITEP representatives from Canada (DRDC-Suffield) and Belgium (RMA) attended the trial to observe, comment and evaluate the test procedures used (ITEP Project 7.2.12). This trial can be considered as a first step in the validation process of the proposed reliability test guidelines for dual-sensor detectors. Further changes to the proposal guidelines for reliability tests of dual-sensors in humanitarian demining were discussed in the ITEP Working Group on Test and Evaluation of Multi Sensor Detectors (ITEP WGMS) in the course of 2008 and 2009. The agreed draft proposal test guidelines were then used to develop the trial plan for the ITEP 2009 dual-sensor detector trial in Germany (ITEP Project 2.4.2.13). |
| Results/Conclusions: | The final test guidelines for reliability testing of dual-sensor mine detectors are expected to be available by the end of July 2010. | |