Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as Represented by the Minister

Robert H Chesney

Harry Ing

Walter J Fenrick

Kevin Saruwatari

John E McFee

Mick Saruwatari

Robert O Ellingson

Craig Poulsom

Paul A Mast

George Gundesen

Philip Church

Chris A Brosinsky

Kevin L Russell

Edward T Clifford

Steven G Penzes

Yogadhish Das

E Barclay Selkirk

Victor C Aitken

A multisensor vehicle-mounted mine detector having one or more sensors leading the vehicle for detecting objects in the ground while moving. A navigational system tracks the coordinates of the detected objects, performs data fusion, declares whether the object is a target worthy of interest and if so, stops the vehicle with a trailing thermal neutron activator sensor (TNA) over the coordinates of the object and interrogating the object with slow neutrons to confirm whether it contains sufficient nitrogen to indeed be a mine. The TNA confirmation is kept brief due to the use of a strong source coupled with means for analysing the resultant pulses and rejecting piled-up pulses. The difference between an integration of the entire pulse and a portion of the pulse is compared against a predetermined difference for a normal pulse wherein variations therebetween are indicative of a piled-up pulse which is then rejected. If a mine is confirmed it is then temporarily physically marked with a mixture of a dry granular, free-flowing superabsorbent polymer and dyed liquid to form a voluminous semi-solid gel.

Multisensor vehicle-mounted mine detector

An air burst munitions simulator which provides for the aerial dissemination of readily dispersable substance. A payload container adapted to contain the substance to be dispersed is launched into the air by a propellant charge, typically gunpowder. A time delay fuse assembly serves to detonate a high energy explosive charge which shatters the container to release the dispersible substance in air.

Air burst munitions simulator

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Medicine Hat, Canada

Robert H Chesney