OMNITECH CONVERTS LAND MINE DETECTION VEHICLE FOR UNMANNED OPERATION

Omnitech Robotics International, LLC (ORILLC) has adapted its STS to the Interim Vehicle-Mounted Mine Detector (IVMMD) Meerkat. This special-purpose vehicle is built in South Africa for landmine clearing operations.  Unmanned operation keeps the operator out of danger during land mine detection missions throughout the world.

Englewood, Colorado - September 10, 1997:  ORILLC conducted field test of STS controls installed in the Meerkat, a special-purpose South African vehicle designed to detect land mines. The field test occurred at Camp George West in Golden, Colorado. ORILLC technicians also tested two unmanned HMMWVs.   The Meerkat and one HMMWV were shipped to Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD on Saturday, 12 November 1997.