Magnetic Detection and Tracking of Military Vehicles

Under the Next Generation Scatterable Mines (NGSM) program led by the U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC and as a subcontractor to IITRI, Quantum Magnetics (QM) has participated in several rounds of field experiments in magnetic detection and tracking of military vehicles. Field data were acquired by three gener...

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Main Authors: Czipott, Peter V, Perry, Alexander R, Whitecotton, Brian R, Dalichaouch, Yacine, Walsh, David O
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
GRADIOMETERS
Magnetic & Electric Fld Detection & Detectors
MAGNETIC DETECTION
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MILITARY VEHICLES
MINES(ORDNANCE)
SCATTERING
TARGETS
TENSORS
TRACKING
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Summary:Under the Next Generation Scatterable Mines (NGSM) program led by the U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC and as a subcontractor to IITRI, Quantum Magnetics (QM) has participated in several rounds of field experiments in magnetic detection and tracking of military vehicles. Field data were acquired by three generations of magnetoresistive (MR) magnetic tensor gradiometers and analyzed by QM and Vista Clara. Successive gradiometer design generations mark a path to meeting NGSM form factor constraints. Magnetic gradiometry can detect and unambiguously locate magnetic targets, even in magnetically contaminated environments, as shown by results presented below. The original document contains color images. Prepared in collaboration with Vista Clara, Everett, WA.