The AN/PSS-14 has demonstrated remarkable performance and proven its value in numerous environments. The impressive performance of this system has been praised by both humanitarian demining organizations as well as military organizations. The results from several customer-performed field evaluations are shown below.
U.S. ARMY EVALUATION
The U.S. Army's Operational Test Comment carried out an evaluation of the AN/PSS-14.
40-hour
initial training course provided by contractor & the U.S. Army Engineer School
AN/PSS-14
operators were a platoon of combat engineers
106 1.5m x
25m mine lanes, 514 missions, 1096 encounters
Missions included
four mine types: Anti-Personnel, Low-Metal (AP-LM), Anti-Personnel, Metallic (AP-M), Anti-Tank, Low-Metal (AT-LM), Anti-Tank, Metallic (AT-M).
Results: AN/PSS-14 met or exceeded U.S. Army Operational Requirements for all tests.
Table 1. Comparative Probability
of Detection (Pd %) Between Three Detectors
AP-LM
AP-M
AT-LM
AT-M
ALL
AN/PSS-14
98
99
94
99
97
F1A4
95
96
79
91
89
AN/PSS-12
80
99
64
99
81
Table 2. Additional
AN/PSS-14 Test Results
Standing
Kneeling
Prone
Night
Pd
(%)
98.7
100
96.2
100
FAR
0.008
0.009
0.030
0.004
Scan
Rate
3.2
1.9
1.1
* FAR = number
of false alarms per square meter Scan Rate = square
meter per minute
HUMANITARIAN DEMINING EVALUATION
The U.S. Army's Operational Test Comment carried out an evaluation of the AN/PSS-14.
A presentation by Robert C. Doheny of US/DoD delivered at the Mine Action National Directors and UN Advisors Meeting (March 21, 2007) summarizes the impressive performance of the HSTAMIDS (AN/PSS-14) in humanitarian demining efforts.
