SRS Applications : IVMMD Meerkat

MEERKAT INTERIM VEHICLE-MOUNTED MINE DETECTOR (IVMMD)

Meerkat IVMMD is a vehicle-mounted mine detector Non-Developmental Item produced by the Rolling Stock Division in South Africa. It is capable of providing forward and rear area security by detecting high-metallic antitank mines on roads. Meerkat's primary mission includes minefield detection for reconnaissance forces, preceding convoys (both on road and limited cross-country) to protect following vehicles.  It also detects minefield leading edges for breaching teams.

When installed on a Meerkat, the Standardized Robotic System enables the Meerkat to be teleoperated or remotely-controlled while performing mine detection and marking operations. As the Meerkat drives on roads or cross-country, data is accumulated, processed, and displayed to the crew in the Command Vehicle (CV). The Meerkat has a mine marking system to permit follow-on forces to locate, avoid, and neutralize the detected mines.

A teleoperated Meerkat can perform nearly any mission that a manually-operated Meerkat can perform, but it does so with the operator situated in the safety of a protected CV.