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Agency:    Department of Defense--Military
Bureau:    Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
Account:    Research, development, test, and evaluation, Navy (17-1319)
Certifying Official:    Deputy Comptroller Program/Budget
Contact Information:    http://WWW.DOD.GOV   703-697-5131
Advanced Mine Detector System

4 recipients will receive $2,507,000. This is a continuing earmark.
Year Enacted: 2005
Description: Continued development of a hand-held, portable Advanced Mine Detector (AMD) system for the U.S. Marine Corps. Once developed, the detector will enable Marines to accurately detect buried metallic and non-metallic anti-tank and antipersonnel mines and unexploded ordnance with far fewer false alarms than is possible with current detection systems. Quadrupole Resonance (QR) technology is ideally suited for discriminating buried landmines from clutter (i.e., metal objects, rocks, etc.) because QR sensors measure explosives at the molecular level. The sensors emit low-frequency, specially tuned radio waves and then measure the unique responses from specific explosives.
 
Beneficiary/Recipient Amount ($K) Program Type Address
NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY $0 Federal
WASHINGTON, DC
U.S. ARMY YUMA PROVING GROUND, COMMANDER $2,507 Federal
YUMA, AZ
QUANTUM MAGNETICS INC $0 For-Profit
SAN DIEGO, CA
SFA INC $0 For-Profit
BOWIE, MD
Citation
Source: Appropriations Report Language - Conference
Reference: 108-622
Location: Line 21, Page 292
Citation Excerpt: Advanced Mine Detector System

Last Modified: 16-Apr-2007

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