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Swift Detection

Issue: April-May 2011

The US Army in Afghanistan to get individual gunshot detector

The US army will soon begin receiving the first of more than 13,000 gunshot detection systems for the individual dismounted soldier in Afghanistan.

The individual gunshot detector (IGD) made by QinetiQ north America consists of four small acoustic sensors worn by the individual soldier and a small display screen attached to body armour that shows the distance and direction of incoming fire.

The small sensor, about the size of a deck of cards, detects the supersonic sound waves generated by enemy gunfire and instantaneously alerts soldiers to the location and distance towards the hostile fire.

The IGD system, procured by PEO soldier and the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force, weighs less than 700 grams. The idea is to strategically disperse the systems throughout small, dismounted units, to get maximum protective coverage for platoons, squads and other units on the move.