Defense - Explosives and Biological Warfare

One of the greatest threats to civilians worldwide is that of hidden explosives. As a result of wars and other armed conflicts, many millions of unexploded land mines remain buried in over 60 countries throughout the world. Land mines claim a victim, usually a child, every 15 minutes. The discovery and safe removal of these explosives is a very expensive process.

TI’s Spreeta^TM advanced R&D group is working with DARPA to develop a portable, robust, dependable, and highly sensitive sensor system for explosive detection. To date, a well-trained canine is more accurate in detecting minute traces of explosives but the TI Spreeta team is working to close the gap.

Another global threat to national defense is the potential for production of agents for biological and chemical warfare. It is a very real threat to U.S. military forces and could also be a potential terrorist weapon against civilian targets. Spreeta could be used to enable appropriate distributed detection and identification solutions for these types of threats.

How can we help you with undetected explosives or chemical and biological issues? Do you have an idea or comment?
Send us an e-mail at: spreeta@ti.com 

DARPA
http://www.arpa.mil

ATF
http://www.atf.treas.gov/core/explarson/information/info.htm

Applied Science & Analysis, Inc.
http://www.asanltr.com/newsletter.html

The Tower Group
http://www.removelandmines.org

CARE International
http://www.care.org/newscenter/landmines/

Unicef
http://www.unicef.org