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Counter-IED Report Autumn/Winter 2012
ATTACK THE IED NETWORKS VERSUS DEFEAT THE DEVICE HOW BEST TO APPROACH THE IED PROBLEM
EXPLOITATION - THE KEY ROLE TO DEFEAT THE IED SYSTEM CALLING ON A BLACK BOX TO HELP SOLVE THE FORENSIC JIGSAW PUZZLE IED THREAT INFORMATION SHARING
CIVIL-MILITARY CHALLENGES IN CONFLICT ENVIRONMENTS
CURRENT AND FUTURE DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF ADVERSARY RADIO COMMUNICATION (ICAR)
Pearson Engineering Route Opening and Clearing Capability (PEROCC) PEROCC provides a single platform solution to the requirements of counter IED activity through the application of a suite of tools to a chassis, with the capability to detect explosive threats and proof routes at tempo whilst maintaining a high level of self-protection. Key features • Based around any commercially
available wheeled loader, providing inherent high levels of reliability
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Roller wheels follow ground contours providing constant ground contact
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Under armor hydraulically operated quick hitch/jettison system for front and rear equipment
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Interrogation/manipulation arm which can be used to deploy a range of attachments to suit the task in hand, it can also be used as a crane for self-repair operations
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Can be fitted with arm and/or chassis mounted electronic IED detection capabilities
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Double V-shaped blast deflecting armored hull beneath crew compartment
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Crew compartment protected to STANAG 4569 Level 3 and above
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Blast-Off Wheels Facility to install an Overhead Weapon Station Configurable storage space Night/day indirect vision systems Economically in-stride repairable capabilities post blast
About Pearson Engineering First established in 1985, Pearson Engineering remains to this day a privately owned, family run business, founded on a commitment to provide world-class advanced engineering solutions to meet the challenges faced by modern Armed Forces. Pearson Engineering is based in the UK with a subsidiary, PE Inc, located in Atlanta Georgia. Today, our range of interchangeable Special to Role Equipment is used by the Armed Forces of many different nations worldwide.
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CONTENTS
CONTENTS IFC PEARSON ENGINEERING LTD
44 ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL SCREENING
5 ATTACK THE IED NETWORKS VERSUS DEFEAT THE DEVICE
FORCE PROTECTION’S CONVENIENT MYTH
47 INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF ADVERSARY RADIO
HOW BEST TO APPROACH THE IED PROBLEM
By Peter Kant, Executive Vice President, Rapiscan Systems
By Dr Franco Fiore, Principal Scientist, Head, ISR Capability COMMUNICATION (ICAR) By Philippe Morgand, Project Manager, Sensors Processing Area Team Sensor Group, NATO Communications and Laboratory department, Thales Communications and Security and Information Agency Michael Sieber, Assistant Director Research & Technology, European Defence Agency
8 EXPLOITATION - THE KEY ROLE TO DEFEAT 53 SCHIEBEL ELEKTRONISCHE GERAETE GMBH THE IED SYSTEM
By Vitor Felisberto, PRT OF3 (army), C-IED Centre of Excellence
54 CAMCOPTER® S-100 – UNLIMITED APPLICATIONS
11 CALLING ON A BLACK BOX TO HELP SOLVE THE FORENSIC JIGSAW PUZZLE 58
63 MULTI-PURPOSE MACHINES FOR EOD, IED AND MINE CLEARANCE
By Edith Wilkinson and Rob Hyde-Bales, Centre for International Security and Resilience (CISR), Cranfield University, UK
RESPONDING TO NEW THREATS
23 THE CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND RESILIENCE (CISR) DEVELOPING SECURE AND RESILIENT SOCIETIES
GLOSYS ELECTRONICS LLC
By Dinesh HC Rempling, Technical Project Officer R&T, European Defence Agency; Jim Blackburn, Assistant Capability Manager and Project Officer C-IED, European Defence Agency; 59 UNMAS – SUPPORTING C-IED OPERATIONS IN SOMALIA Enrique Martin Romero, Project Manager, E&Q Engineering; By Alan Barlow MBE, Senior Counter-IED Advisor, Javier Fuentes, Technical Manager, E&Q Engineering UNMAS Somalia
15 IED THREAT INFORMATION SHARING CIVIL-MILITARY CHALLENGES IN CONFLICT ENVIRONMENTS
By Schiebel Group
By Cranfield University, UK
By Belinda Goslin, consultant
68 IDGA’s 8TH COUNTER IED TRAINING FORUM 2013 69 PEARSON ENGINEERING ROUTE OPENING AND CLEARING CAPABILITY (PEROCC)
By Pearson Engineering Ltd
24 NATO EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL 73 BOXER - A MAXIMUM PROTECTED CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN THE GLOBAL 8 X 8 MULTI-ROLE ARMOURED VEHICLE C-IED EFFORT
By Major Alexander Hugyár (SVK A), Head of the NATO Explosive Ordnance Disposal Centre of Excellence (NATO EOD COE) Training Branch
28 CURRENT AND FUTURE DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES
By Lieutenant Colonel Sandor Zsiros, (HUN-A) Head of the NATO Explosive Ordnance Disposal Centre of Excellence (EOD COE) Technology Development Department
31 MINE DOGS IN THE COUNTER-IED FIGHT
By US Army 1st Lieutenant Jeffrey W Vlietstra, 49th Engineer Detachment (K9)
35 THREAT DETECTION IEDS AND BEYOND
By Dinesh HC Rempling, Technical Project Officer R&T and Jim Blackburn, Assistant Capability Manager and Project Officer C-IED, European Defence Agency (EDA)
40 SCANNA MSC LTD 41 THE ROLE OF X-RAY EQUIPMENT IN THE FIELD OF COUNTER-IED
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By Scanna MSC Ltd
Counter-IED Report, Autumn/Winter 2012
By Jurjen Hoekstra, Programme Management Support Officer (PMSO), OCCAR
78 COUNTER TERROR EXPO 2013 79 TRAUMATIC INJURY SIMULATION TOWARDS BETTER BLAST MITIGATION PRACTICE
By Dr Spyros Masouros, ABF – The Soldiers’ Charity Research Fellow, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London and Professor Anthony MJ Bull, Director of the Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies, Imperial College London
85 POST-IED SURVIVABILITY FOLLOW THE LIGHTS
By Neil Ham MSc and Keith White CEng, AeroGlow Ltd
88 DSEi 2013
89 PERSONAL IED PROTECTION
By Philippe Minchin, Researcher for BCB International Ltd
IBC MKDS’ 5TH ANNUAL DEFEATING IEDs TRAINING WORKSHOPS AND TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION
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