Full list of authors: Jacqueline MacDonald, J. R. Lockwood, John McFee, Thomas Altshuler, Thomas Broach, Lawrence Carin, Russell Harmon, Carey Rappaport, Waymond Scott, Richard Weaver. ISBN: 0-8330-3301-8, 2003

[From the report`s SUMMARY:] This report addresses the following questions:

• What innovative research and development (R&D) is being conducted to improve antipersonnel mine detection capabilities?
• What is the potential for each innovative technology to improve the speed and safety of humanitarian demining?
• What are the barriers to completing development of innovative technologies?
• What funding would be required, and what are the options for federal investments to foster development of promising mine detection technologies?

We focus on close-in detection of antipersonnel mines rather than on airborne or other remote systems for identifying minefields.

The report was written by RAND S&TPI staff and a task force of eight experts in mine detection from universities and U.S. and Canadian government agencies. In addition, 23 scientists provided background papers with details on specific mine detection technologies; these papers are published in this report as separate appendixes.

[Prepared for the Office of Science and Technology Policy]