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    APPENDIX TWR2 - THE RADAR FLASHLIGHT

    Project Title: Radar Flashlight

    Project Description:

    The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), through the Joint
    (Justice-Defense) Program Steering Group (JPSG), is sponsoring
    Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) in developing an inexpensive,
    handheld, low-power radar  that will enable law officers to detect
    individuals through interior building walls.  It works by sensing the
    motion of an individual's chest when they breath.

    Status Report:

    GTRI is currently designing and refining the first prototype unit.  A
    laboratory test area has been constructed consisting of a section of
    home siding and drywall, a wooden front door, and a section of brick
    and mortar.  The laboratory model shown here, was able to detect
    individuals through each of these  materials.  It also demonstrated
    the ability to detect an individual through the laboratory's cinder
    block walls.  GTRI is working to combine the two parts of this device
    into a single unit.  NIJ plans on demonstrating the Radar Flashlight
    with law enforcement agencies through its National Law Enforcement
    and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) (Southeast Regional
    Center) before the end of 1999.

    Contact:

    Dr. Pete Nacci
    Project Manager
    Tel: (703) 351-8821

    E-mail: pnacci@darpa.mil

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