Explosive Hazard Detection with Automated Target Recognition (ATR)

The U.S. Army Capability Program Executive Ammunition & Energetics (CPE A&E) is seeking input from industry on Automated Target Recognition (ATR) technologies to detect explosive hazards and complex obstacles. The purpose of ATR is to increase the Soldier’s ability to detect, classify, and identify threats in support of maneuver elements during autonomous breaching operations. • The ATR technology should be able to significantly reduce operator workload while maintaining or exceeding the probability of detection and maintaining or lowering the false alarm rate of explosive hazards and complex obstacles. • The technology should be able to accommodate, augment, or integrate existing U.S. Army equipment. • Vendors with both a sensor and an algorithm are eligible to participate in a collection event, while vendors with only an algorithm can participate in a lab-based algorithm assessment event. • The collection event will include an independent assessment of the ATR system, and the algorithm assessment event will include an evaluation of the algorithm's performance.