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501854 SEARCH 2
Project Code |
SAI-AA501854 |
Project Title |
Testing of Equipment or Fieldable Prototypes for Humanitarian Demining |
Project Acronym |
SEARCH 2 |
Lead Unit & Supporting Units |
TDP |
Project Contact |
John Dean EC JRC Space Applications Institute Via E. Fermi I - 21010 ISPRA Tel : +39 0332 785339 Fax : +39 0332 785469 Email: john.dean@jrc.it |
Customer DGs |
DG INFSO |
User Requirements |
Identify sensors that may be useful to improve the mine detection process.Invite tenders for the provision of sensors for a period of test. Select sensors and conduct tests in two phases
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Rationale |
A number of sensors and systems offer a potential to be applied to the detection and identification of anti-personnel landmines, even though they may not be in use currently in the context of Humanitarian demining. They require to be tested before their usefulness can be evaluated and confirmed. Developers of such sensors may not have access to appropriate test facilities and are thus unable to give adequate qualification of performance in the context of humanitarian demining.In order to foster the development and take-up of new sensing techniques in humanitarian demining, tests of developed equipment or of proof of concept prototypes should be performed under standardised, representative conditions and in a second step under actual field conditions. |
Objectives |
Invite candidate organisations that own sensors or systems with a potential to improve humanitarian demining performance to participate in test campaigns. Each candidate will be associated with an end user in humanitarian demining to develop a common understanding of the validity of tests performed.Select a set of sensors and test campaigns to cover at least four sensing modalities not being used today in routine humanitarian demining. The sensors or prototypes must have a defined route to exploitation showing improvements in cost, speed and safety with respect to current practice. The campaigns must all cover first phase tests in controlled conditions. Two of the sensors must be subjected to second phase tests in real field conditions. Contract the test activities with selected owners of sensor systems or prototypes and, as the case may be, support the test activities. Consolidate the results and publish. |
Scientific / Technical Approach |
The search for sensors will be done through networking and through an open call for tender.Testing will follow standards developed for the characterisation of targets and during the initial assessments of third-party sensors. |
Project Risks (logical framework) |
There is some risk that suitable sensors might not be identified - however, given the currently perceived level of innovation and the relatively few classes of sensor that are used as civilian demining sensors this risk is perceived to be LOW.There is a resourcing threat which creates a HIGH risk that the initial activities will occur behind schedule and despite the current action to acquire more staff on the project the risk of delays to the final deliveries is assessed to be MEDIUM since some actions on this contract are necessarily serial events. |
Start Date |
November 1998 |
Duration |
18 Months |
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