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National Institute of Justice Domestic Anti-Terrorism Technology Development Program
Published on AidPage by IDILOGIC on Jun 24, 2005
Program accomplishments...
Initiated pursuant to the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, this highly successful program has already produced several technologies. Among them are: an advanced electromagnetic portal for detection of concealed weapons, operational in an Idaho courthouse; an interagency information sharing system for law enforcement involving several jurisdictions in Florida; a hand-held, acoustic device for detection of concealed weapons; a computer-based training tool for bomb technicians; a concrete- penetrating, safely disabling large explosive devices such as 50-gallon fuel- fertilizer bombs, undertaken in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The Institute has also completed distribution of the RTR-3 x-ray diagnostic system to 28 State and local bomb squads across the Nation for evaluation under operational conditions. The RTR-3 is a computer based, portable x-ray system that diagnoses explosive devices in real-time. It also transmits x-ray images of those devices via modem to remote experts for analysis. This effort was undertaken in collaboration with the Technical Support Working Group (TSWG), which sponsored development of the RTR-3, and the FBI. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division and Naval Office of Special Technology are supporting this project.
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