Ross Wilkers
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded two contracts worth $706,136 combined to Northeastern University to develop technology intended to find improvised explosive devices in dead animals, meat and mud.
Agency scientists want Methods for Explosive Detection at Standoff program participants to figure out how to find hidden explosives by using the same methods doctors use to detect breast cancer, Military Aerospace and Electronics reported Wednesday.
John Keller writes the agency is interested in a detection system that utilizes acoustics, x-rays, electromagnetic indicators and non-ionizing detection methods.
DARPA intends for the MEDS program to find ways to detect explosives embedded in an opaque medium with high amounts of water, Keller writes.
The agency previously awarded MEDS contracts to BAE Systems, Quasar Federal Systems and the University of Arizona.
