Mr. Jackson Robert Pressley Profile

Jackson Robert Pressley

Engineering Director at EG&G Technical Services Inc

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Proceedings Article | 28 March 2005 Paper

Personal identification credential system (PICS)

Jackson Pressley, Thomas Cantrell, Lochlin Page, Stephen Cudlitz, Roy Higgins

Proceedings Volume 5779, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.603493

KEYWORDS: Photonic integrated circuits, Sensors, Control systems, Light emitting diodes, Prototyping, Databases, Transceivers, Biometrics, System identification, Antennas

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Proceedings Article | 11 September 2003 Paper

Ground standoff mine detection system (GSTAMIDS) block 0 contractor test results

J. Pressley, Lochlin Page, Brian Green, Timothy Schweitzer, Peter Howard

Proceedings Volume 5089, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.484901

KEYWORDS: Land mines, Sensors, Mining, General packet radio service, Detection and tracking algorithms, Metals, Long wavelength infrared, Standoff detection, Algorithm development, Computing systems

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Proceedings Article | 18 October 2001 Paper

Ground standoff mine detection system (GSTAMIDS) engineering, manufacturing, and development (EMD) Block 0

Jackson Pressley, Donald Pabst, Gary Sower, Larry Nee, Brian Green, Peter Howard

Proceedings Volume 4394, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.445448

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Land mines, General packet radio service, Mining, Metals, Control systems, Vehicle control, Cameras, Long wavelength infrared, Antennas

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The United States Army has contracted EG&G Technical Services to build the GSTAMIDS EMD Block 0. This system autonomously detects and marks buried anti-tank land mines from an unmanned vehicle. It consists of a remotely operated host vehicle, standard teleoperation system (STS) control, mine detection system (MDS) and a control vehicle. Two complete systems are being fabricated, along with a third MDS. The host vehicle for Block 0 is the South African Meerkat that has overpass capability for anti-tank mines, as well as armor anti-mine blast protection and ballistic protection. It is operated via the STS radio link from within the control vehicle. The Main Computer System (MCS), located in the control vehicle, receives sensor data from the MDS via a high speed radio link, processes and fuses the data to make a decision of a mine detection, and sends the information back to the host vehicle for a mark to be placed on the mine location. The MCS also has the capability to interface into the FBCB2 system via SINGARS radio. The GSTAMIDS operator station and the control vehicle communications system also connect to the MCS. The MDS sensors are mounted on the host vehicle and include Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Pulsed Magnetic Induction (PMI) metal detector, and (as an option) long-wave infrared (LWIR). A distributed processing architecture is used so that pre-processing is performed on data at the sensor level before transmission to the MCS, minimizing required throughput. Nine (9) channels each of GPR and PMI are mounted underneath the meerkat to provide a three-meter detection swath. Two IR cameras are mounted on the upper sides of the Meerkat, providing a field of view of the required swath with overlap underneath the vehicle. Also included on the host vehicle are an Internal Navigation System (INS), Global Positioning System (GPS), and radio communications for remote control and data transmission. The GSTAMIDS Block 0 is designed as a modular, expandable system with sufficient bandwidth and processing capability for incorporation of additional sensor systems in future Blocks. It is also designed to operate in adverse weather conditions and to be transportable around the world.

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