JIEDDO, AIR FORCE DEVELOPING SENSORS TO SPOT IEDs, SUICIDE BOMBERS

/ June 25, 2009 at 5:00 AM
The Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization and the Air Force are developing new sensor projects that could help warfighters spot deadly improvised explosives and suicide bombers before they harm troops or civilians, according to internal documents reviewed by Inside the Pentagon. JIEDDO and Air Force Electronic Systems Command are working on two counter-IED programs -- one focusing on aerial detection of traditional IED threats and the other focused on preventing "person-borne IED" attacks . The Royal Fortune program is...

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