2. spite billions of dollars of Government re-
search – at present, the most reliable platform
for the detection of these devices remains the
human eyeball. Because insurgents are
aware of this situation worldwide, IEDs are
expected to remain the weapons system of
choice for insurgent forces of all types into the
foreseeable future.
As a result of more than $4 million invested
since 2005 by Marty Tibbitts, a Detroit area
businessman, SEDS, LLC has developed and
patented the world’s only currently known
technology to allow detection of IEDs up to 20
meters away in less than 10 seconds, at a
cost-effective price – an advanced approach
to a well-known technology called Thermal
Neutron Activation Analysis (“TNAA”). Current-
ly protected by US Patent Number 7,573,044
B2 and with 5 more patents in review, SEDS is
unique among all currently existing or planned
IED detection systems. Commercialization of
this Counter-IED technology is the current fo-
cus of SEDS.
Able to penetrate steel, lead, aluminum, soil,
concrete, and other types of concealment, the
thermal neutrons and the returning gamma
rays exceed the capabilities of other explo-
sives detection technologies, including Ground
Penetrating Radar, because TNAA can iden
tify the presence of high densities of nitrogen
or chlorine. While TNAA has been known for
decades, the cost of gamma ray detectors and
the power of neutron sources limited TNAA
signals of interest to 50 cm range. SEDS
combined a new high-flux neutron source de-
sign with an innovative large-area, gamma ray
telescope design based on low-cost plastic
scintillators to create a system to detect IEDs
at up to 20 meters, far enough for significant
troop protection at reasonable cost, despite
IED burial, shielding, and countermeasures.
No other known technology can do this, and
SEDS is the only company doing it. SEDS
patents create barriers to entry to competitors
on all critical technologies. Adelphi technolo-
gies also provide key components.
The Standoff Explosives Detection System,
SEDS, will be designed to detect 5 kg or more
of nitrogen- or chlorine-based explosives, or
associated copper EFP liners, at ranges to 20
meters, with burial depths to 2 feet, in less
than 10 seconds, with very high (≥ 95%)
Probability of Detection (Pd) and very low (≤
5%) Probability of False Alarm (Pfa).
SEDS OPERATION
A SEDS device could be mounted on a
manned or unmanned vehicle. It will detect
explosive-based threats to modern blast-
resistant vehicles at standoff distances of 10
to 20 meters, depending on the Net Explosive
Weight, burial depth, and type of explosive. It
will do this at a rate up to 5 km/hour, or faster
if intelligence exists to permit less than the en-
tire roadway to be scanned all the time. This
rate will allow its use in route clearance, route
proofing, and related mission profiles, such as
certain Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD)
or Combat Engineer operations.
SEDS and ADELPHI TECHNOLOGIES
SEDS, LLC and its strategic partner Adelphi
have developed 3 primary technology families.
• The world’s most
powerful family of
portable electronic
neutron generators,
commercially availa-
ble in several models;
• A unique low cost
gamma ray tele-
scope [under final
development]; and
• A patent pending
suite of connection
and control tech-
niques and signal
processing techniques that integrate the
electronic neutron source with the gamma
ray telescope.
OTHER SEDS and ADELPHI MARKETS
The technologies developed by SEDS and its
partner Adelphi have numerous other uses in
both government and commercial markets, as
well as the primary market for IED detection.
These technologies are described in the sec-
tions below and include:
• Homeland security scanners to defeat nu-
clear terrorism;
• Production of critical medical radioisotopes;
• Coal and Cement industry grading scanners;
SEDS Robotic
Vehicle Concept
![spite billions of dollars of Government re-
search – at present, the most reliable platform
for the detection of these devices remains the
human eyeball. Because insurgents are
aware of this situation worldwide, IEDs are
expected to remain the weapons system of
choice for insurgent forces of all types into the
foreseeable future.
As a result of more than $4 million invested
since 2005 by Marty Tibbitts, a Detroit area
businessman, SEDS, LLC has developed and
patented the world’s only currently known
technology to allow detection of IEDs up to 20
meters away in less than 10 seconds, at a
cost-effective price – an advanced approach
to a well-known technology called Thermal
Neutron Activation Analysis (“TNAA”). Current-
ly protected by US Patent Number 7,573,044
B2 and with 5 more patents in review, SEDS is
unique among all currently existing or planned
IED detection systems. Commercialization of
this Counter-IED technology is the current fo-
cus of SEDS.
Able to penetrate steel, lead, aluminum, soil,
concrete, and other types of concealment, the
thermal neutrons and the returning gamma
rays exceed the capabilities of other explo-
sives detection technologies, including Ground
Penetrating Radar, because TNAA can iden
tify the presence of high densities of nitrogen
or chlorine. While TNAA has been known for
decades, the cost of gamma ray detectors and
the power of neutron sources limited TNAA
signals of interest to 50 cm range. SEDS
combined a new high-flux neutron source de-
sign with an innovative large-area, gamma ray
telescope design based on low-cost plastic
scintillators to create a system to detect IEDs
at up to 20 meters, far enough for significant
troop protection at reasonable cost, despite
IED burial, shielding, and countermeasures.
No other known technology can do this, and
SEDS is the only company doing it. SEDS
patents create barriers to entry to competitors
on all critical technologies. Adelphi technolo-
gies also provide key components.
The Standoff Explosives Detection System,
SEDS, will be designed to detect 5 kg or more
of nitrogen- or chlorine-based explosives, or
associated copper EFP liners, at ranges to 20
meters, with burial depths to 2 feet, in less
than 10 seconds, with very high (≥ 95%)
Probability of Detection (Pd) and very low (≤
5%) Probability of False Alarm (Pfa).
SEDS OPERATION
A SEDS device could be mounted on a
manned or unmanned vehicle. It will detect
explosive-based threats to modern blast-
resistant vehicles at standoff distances of 10
to 20 meters, depending on the Net Explosive
Weight, burial depth, and type of explosive. It
will do this at a rate up to 5 km/hour, or faster
if intelligence exists to permit less than the en-
tire roadway to be scanned all the time. This
rate will allow its use in route clearance, route
proofing, and related mission profiles, such as
certain Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD)
or Combat Engineer operations.
SEDS and ADELPHI TECHNOLOGIES
SEDS, LLC and its strategic partner Adelphi
have developed 3 primary technology families.
• The world’s most
powerful family of
portable electronic
neutron generators,
commercially availa-
ble in several models;
• A unique low cost
gamma ray tele-
scope [under final
development]; and
• A patent pending
suite of connection
and control tech-
niques and signal
processing techniques that integrate the
electronic neutron source with the gamma
ray telescope.
OTHER SEDS and ADELPHI MARKETS
The technologies developed by SEDS and its
partner Adelphi have numerous other uses in
both government and commercial markets, as
well as the primary market for IED detection.
These technologies are described in the sec-
tions below and include:
• Homeland security scanners to defeat nu-
clear terrorism;
• Production of critical medical radioisotopes;
• Coal and Cement industry grading scanners;
SEDS Robotic
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