Explosive detection system for Army to be developed by Cobham
NewsNovember 03, 2015
MARLOW, United Kingdom. U.S. Army officials have tasked engineers at Cobham to develop next generation technologies that can detect landmines and other explosive hazards that are hidden in the ground.
The $4.17 million development contract will last three years to produce an end result of a highly specialized handheld technology demonstrator created to provide the Army with a system that has increased capability beyond what similar systems can provide today.
Work performed under this contract will occur at Cobham Antenna Systems' business unit locations at Marlow and Leatherhead, England, at the direction of the Army's Communications-Electronic Research Development and Engineering Command.
"As a result of this program Cobham will deliver enhanced handheld counter-explosive hazard detection systems for evaluation," says Tom Garvey, Vice President and General Manager of Cobham Antenna Systems. "The continued need for protection of U.S. forces against buried threats is a key priority and this contract will allow Cobham to build on the considerable capability offered by the current Minehound family of detectors, as it develops next generation systems."
