EL/M-2190
Robotic Mine Detection System
 
 
The EL/M-2190 advanced, innovative Mine Detection System is designed for military and commercial applications.

The System is based on a high resolution radar that detects, measures, analyzes and classifies objects buried in the ground. The radar has a proven capability in a variety of terrains, soils and environments.

Implementing Elta's vast experience in radars, the system has been designed with modular hardware and software. Advanced state-of-the-art digital processing and algorithms enable adaptation of the system to various applications.

Elta has developed a highly effective, unique solution, providing a very high probability of detection for plastic and metal mines. The low weight radar is mounted on a remotely controlled, low signature vehicle capable of operating unharmed in adverse terrain.

The high survivability system can advance through mine fields while marking in realtime the detected mines and the vehicle's pathway.

Features

Low magnetic and acoustic signatures. 
Modular hardware and flexible software. 
High reliability/high MTBF 
Fully digital and solid state.

Applications

Mine detection and marking. 
Detection and marking of buried unexploded ordnance (UXO) 
Detection and marking of buried hazardous waste. 
Detection and marking of buried electrical cables, telephone cable and pipelines. 
Measurement of thickness of road layers. 
Detection of tunnels and bunkers.

Characteristics

Vehicle's movement velocity : 1 meter/sec. 
Detection width : 2-3 meters. 
Detection depth : 0.3 meter.

 
Elta sells mine-detection system to Sweden
 
TEL AVIV (October 7) - Elta Electronics Industries has sold a robotic mine detection system to Sweden for use by the Swedish peacekeeping forces deployed in Bosnia, executives said this week.

The system, designated El/M-2190 RDMD, is regarded as one of the most advanced mine detection units. Company executives said the system can detect both metallic and non-metallic mines in a variety of difficult terrain and environmental conditions.

The heart of the system is the Elta-developed high resolution ground penetration radar, which is mounted on a robot controlled from an armored vehicle or from a portable remote-control unit. The vehicle was developed in cooperation with the Applied Research Institute of the Technion.

Mine-clearing has been an acute problem for both military and civilians, with huge unmarked minefields in every area of conflict, such as Kuwait, Angola, Cambodia, Rwanda, and Bosnia.

Elta executives said its radar has been purchased by several overseas customers, including Sweden and Canada.