Industry: Chemring partnership supports Australian Defence Force contract for handheld detection of buried explosives

Minelab F3 Compact mine detector

Dulles, VA – Chemring Sensors & Electronic Systems (CSES), part of the Chemring Group (“Chemring”), announces that it will support its partner, Minelab Electronics, in an AUD $6.7 million innovation collaboration agreement received from the Australian Department of Defence. The collaboration will deliver a production-ready prototype of a new counter improvised explosive device (IED) handheld detector for the Australian Defence Force (ADF).

Minelab has been working with Australia’s Department of Defence since 2014 to develop a prototype handheld detector that meets the need for a smaller, lighter device to improve the quality and speed of detecting high risk explosive devices. The handheld detector will combine CSES’ advanced ground penetrating radar (GPR) with Minelab’s new multiple frequency continuous wave metal detection technology.

AUS: $6.7m Innovation Contract to Improve Protection of our Troops

Minelab F3 Compact mine detector (File Photo)

Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, welcomed the signing of an innovation collaboration agreement between Minelab Electronics and the Department of Defence today.

The collaboration will deliver a production-ready prototype of a new Counter Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Handheld Detector for the Australian Defence Force (ADF).

“This is a perfect example of leveraging world class engineering from an Australian enterprise to produce the lightest, most compact, and most capable ground search device available anywhere”, Minister Pyne said.

Minelab has been working with Defence since 2014 to develop a prototype handheld detector that would meet the need for a smaller, lighter device which would improve the quality and speed of detecting explosive devices.