Time to Stem Lightweight Approaches and Focus on Real Minefield Data?

While preparing for airborne IR thermography fieldwork as part of the Odyssey2025 Project between Humanity & Inclusion and Mobility Robotics in Chad, a comprehensive literature study was conducted by the authors From the literature reviewed, the authors identified a disconnect between thermography-related research projects and practical, real-world HMA operations. The importance of real fieldwork, the significance of undergoing a literature review before starting your own research, and the need for researchers to work in conjunction with HMA operators are all essential, not only to those working in HMA, but more importantly, to the post-conflict communities the sector strives to help

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction, Issue 24.2 (2020)

Editorial: HMA and COVID-19: A Donor\u27s Perspective Editorial: Time To Focus on Real Minefield Data Mine Action Information Management in Iraq and Northeast Syria IMAS 10.60 Update: Investigation and Reporting of Accidents and Incidents The Mine Free Sarajevo Project SALW in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the DRC Gender and Diversity in Mine Action Victim Assistance in Ukraine Landmines in the American Civil War Risk Education in Colombia R&D: The Odyssey2025 Projec

Defense Technical Information Center thesaurus

This DTIC Thesaurus provides a basic multidisciplinary subject term vocabulary used by DTIC to index and retrieve scientific and technical information from its various data bases and to aid DTIC`s users in their information storage and retrieval operations. It includes an alphabetical posting term display, a hierarchy display, and a Keywork Out of Context (KWOC) display

DETERMINE: Novel Radar Techniques for Humanitarian Demining

Today the plague of landmines represent one of the greatest curses of modern time, killing and maiming innocent people every day. It is not easy to provide a global estimate of the problem dimension, however, reported casualties describe that the majority of the victims are civilians, with almost a half represented by children. Among all the technologies that are currently employed for landmine clearance, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is one of those expected to increase the efficiency of operation, even if its high-resolution imaging capability and the possibility of detecting also non-metallic landmines are unfortunately balanced by the high sensor false alarm rate. Most landmines may be considered as multiple layered dielectric cylinders that interact with each other to produce multiple reflections, which will be not the case for other common clutter objects. Considering that each scattering component has its own angular radiation pattern, the research has evaluated the improvements that multistatic configurations could bring to the collected information content. Employing representative landmine models, a number of experimental campaigns have confirmed that GPR is capable of detecting the internal reflections and that the presence of such scattering components could be highlighted changing the antennas offset. In particular, results show that the information that can be extracted relevantly changes with the antenna separation, demonstrating that this approach can provide better confidence in the discrimination and recognition process. The proposed bistatic approach aims at exploiting possible presence of internal structure beneath the target, which for landmines means the activation or detonation assemblies and possible internal material diversity, maintaining a limited acquisition effort. Such bistatic configurations are then included in a conceptual design of a highly flexible GPR system capable of searching for landmines across a large variety of terrains, at reasonably low cost and targeting operators safety

Scoping Study of the Effects of Aging on Landmines phase 2

Most of the mines that currently threaten populations were manufactured more than 50 years ago and many have been in the ground for 30 years or more. Despite the inevitable and obvious deterioration, there has been very little research into the effects of aging on landmines. In 2008, James Madison University (JMU), the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery (CISR), and C King Associates Ltd (CKA) began a study designed to understand the aging process and the range of implications for the various components of mine action. The two-and-a-half year study was funded by grants from the US Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs/Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement

Study of the Effects of Aging on Landmines

Most of the mines that currently threaten populations were manufactured more than 50 years ago and many have been in the ground for 30 years or more. Despite the inevitable and obvious deterioration, there has been very little research into the effects of aging on landmines. In 2008, James Madison University (JMU), the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery (CISR), and C King Associates Ltd (CKA) began a study designed to understand the aging process and the range of implications for the various components of mine action. The two-and-a-half year study was funded by grants from the US Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs/Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement

Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

The Joint Publication 1-02, Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms sets forth standard US military and associated terminology to encompass the joint activity of the Armed Forces of the United States. These military and associated terms, together with their definitions, constitute approved Department of Defense (DOD) terminology for general use by all DOD components

Joint Publication 1-02

The Joint Publication 1-02, Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms sets forth standard US military and associated terminology to encompass the joint activity of the Armed Forces of the United States. These military and associated terms, together with their definitions, constitute approved Department of Defense (DOD) terminology for general use by all DOD components. This publication supplements standard English-language dictionaries and standardizes military and associated terminology to improve communication and mutual understanding within DOD, with other federal agencies, and among the United States and its allies