Transportation security

IED Detection – Solution May Have been Found

Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) can be very difficult for soldiers to detect, as they’re made in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, and are typically buried in the road. They are easy to manufacture and hide, making it the weapon of choice for insurgents and terrorists across the world. 

In order to reduce casualties during military transports, frequent surveillance of the high-risk routes is required. One effective method of surveillance is ground-based patrols, who localize potential threats by searching for suspicious patterns in the environment. This is a very demanding task, because humans have difficulties with concentrating on a task for a longer time in an unknown environment. Therefore, an urgent need emerges for a system that can assist military personnel in finding potential threats during driving, according to tue.nl.

A team of researchers developed a new vehicle-mounted system designed to “spot the signs” of IEDs.

The technology is being developed by a team led by electrical engineer Dennis van de Wouw, of the Netherlands’ Eindhoven University of Technology in close collaboration with industry and experts of the Netherlands Ministry of Defense.