DefenceTalkAll engineer Soldiers train at Fort Leonard Wood, even the four-legged ones. Fort Leonard Wood is home to the Combat Engineer Mine Detection Dog Handlers Course, where combat engineers are trained side-by-side with mine detection dogs, said Sgt. 1st Class John Martin, course noncommissioned officer in charge. The 708-hour course, which earns the engineer the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-engineers-dogs-learning-new-tricks-in-mine-detection-70303/

DefenceTalkA South Australian company has won a development contract to supply the United States military with advanced mine clearance technology. Minelab Electronics, a company renowned for its metal detectors, has partnered with a American company NIITEK that makes ground penetrating radar to produce a mine sweeping device that can detect both metal and shapes in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/minelab-to-supply-us-military-with-mounted-mine-detection-system-60159/