Novex Corp. proposes to apply its neural network expertise and its ground penetrating radar knowledge and technology in order to develop a preliminary system design that properly combines IR sensors, ground penetrating radar and active radar for mine detection and classification. This system design will use neural networks in order to fuse the data from this multisensor suite and result in a real-time detection system which can be easily attached to the Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) and used for the assault breaching of minefields. The system design of Phase I should result in hardware fabrication in Phase II that will have an increased ability to detect all mine types and a drastic reduction/elimination of false alarms. The final output of this Phase I effort will be a system concept Document (SCD) that describes the proposed hardware design including materials, sensors, fusion strategy, neural network programming, mine/countermine detection techniques, tactical deployment, storage and use as well as size and weight estimates.
