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Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) and Land Mine Reporting Apps Challenge

Challenging developers to come up with a mechanism to keep eyes on the street and transform ordinary citizens mobile devices into tools that can be used to report ERW and land mines

Department of Defense

Total Cash Prizes Offered: $5,000
Type of Challenge: Software and apps
Submission Start: 03/19/2014 12:00 PM ET
Submission End: 07/20/2014 12:00 AM ET

Description

Each year, a large number of civilians are killed and injured by unexploded weapons such as artillery shells, land mines, mortars, grenades and bombs. To combat the problem, the Center for Technology and National Security Policy (CTNSP) at the National Defense University is challenging developers to come up with a mechanism to keep eyes on the street and transform ordinary citizens mobile devices into tools that can be used to report ERW and land mines to the appropriate authorities.