Orlando Company Develops Land Mine Detector

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Local Company Develops Land Mine Detector
New Technology Helps Troops Overseas

POSTED: 2:52 p.m. EST March 26, 2003
UPDATED: 3:33 p.m. EST March 26, 2003

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A new technology developed in Central Florida is playing a huge role in helping troops in Iraq.


A local company has come up with a sophisticated land mine detector called the ANPSS-14, WESH NewsChannel 2 reported.


It is similar to a metal detector,except that it has groundbreaking new technology called ground-penetrating radar.

The ANPSS-14 was developed after 10 years of research and can detect mines among thousands of pieces of shrapnel. The device can also detect plastic mines, which have been virtually impossible to find up to this point. The mine detector is allowing troops to quickly carry our their missions more safely than ever before.

Last December, the Army ordered 210 units of the mine detector to use for Operation Enduring Freedom.

The technology is also being adapted locally to make neighborhoods safer. Using the ANPSS-14, gas companies can locate underground plastic gas pipes that could cause deadly explosions if broken. The gas companies hope to have ANPSS-14 within the next six to 12 months.

[Stephanie]

Great invention! Hopefully, the order has been filled for the Army and they are using them now.