Diamond Aircraft Industries’ DA42 MPP, equipped with one laser scanner and two SPECIM Hyperspectral Sensors, successfully detected land mines and explosives out of an altitude of 500 feet above ground. The exercise was executed with the help of the Austrian Military (Bundesheer) in Großmittel, Lower Austria.

The results have been very positive, all the explosive materials based on TNT and Nitropenta have been detected. “We are very happy to have soon a unique solution to one of the world’s dirtiest problems. There are still millions of mines and explosives that have to be eliminated in various countries” said Christian Dries, CEO Diamond Aircraft.

The DA42 MPP is a platform, which carries various kinds of sensors and performs for surveillance and reconnaissance in Africa, South-America, Europe and even Iraq.