Quantum Magnetics Helps U.S. Army Detect and Track Enemy Vehicles in Battlefield Conditions
NEWARK, Calif.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-April 19,
2001-InVision Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:INVN)
today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary,
Quantum Magnetics (Quantum) completed the
first phase of a U.S. Army contract to demonstrate
the potential of magnetic sensing for the detection
and tracking of military vehicles. During the first
phase of the program, Quantum showed that it is
possible to use magnetic field gradiometry
technology to detect tanks within 50 meters.
Quantum also established detection ranges for less
heavy vehicles, such as HMMWVs, armored
personnel carriers, and trucks.
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PROGRAMS USING PASSIVE MAGNETIC
SENSING (MAGNETIC TENSOR GRADIOMETRY):
Magnetic Tensor Gradiometer (MTG) Technology for
Naval Applications. In two programs monitored by
the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren
Division, Coastal Systems Station (CSS), Quantum
is developing an advanced, man-portable MTG
sensor technology for the detection, location and
classification of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and
underwater naval mines. In one recently completed
program, Quantum developed and delivered the key
components of a man-portable system for UXO
surveys on land. In an ongoing program, Quantum
is developing an MTG for incorporation into a
low-cost Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for
shallow-water mine and obstacle surveys.
Detection of Underground Facilities. Quantum, with
funding from the U.S. Air Force Research
Laboratory (Hanscom AFB), completed the initial
phase of development of a low-cost MTG sensor.
The future plan is to integrate the MTG sensor with
an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to perform
magnetic surveys ov…
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