I always thought they'd be great for paint ball courses. You wear a receiver on your vest with a loud beeper. If you step on a land mine it trips and sends out the message that it went BOOM! Your vest receives this and starts making a noise like something screaming. At this point your mates have to give up fighting and help you back to a specific station where the screaming is cancelled (field hospital) by a special transmitter.Just couldn't resist could you....
Now I won't be able sleep for months wondering how many fingers you have left.....
Ah yes. General Dynamics. Me too... General Dynamics UKReminds me of the military contracts I did for General Dynamics...
Never did check the range on the WORMs above ground. They were normally buried up to 24" deep and apparently even in wet soil along the Cambodia Thailand border were detected when the demining equipment thrashed over them. Mine are also about 1.5" diameter and in the two lower ISM bands.One of my antenna designs is on a 1-1/2" dia pc board for 450 & 900mhz range tested to a 1000ft mounted flush to the ground on ultra low power. Sorry can't tell you the application.
Other builds include security systems, wild life tracking, video/audio distribution at major sporting events.
This is just the commercial side of the business.