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Homeland Security

Raytheon Nabs $19M DARPA Award for Mine, Tunnel Detection

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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

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The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $19 million contract to develop and demonstrate a laser radar vibration sensor that could be used to detect and locate buried land mines and tunnels. The ladar vibrometer would reveal hidden targets by measuring ground-surface vibrations and use algorithms to interpret the information. The system would integrate acoustic and seismic sources for field testing on a moving vehicle. The project will also be the first military use…

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