In co-ordination with the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), and as part of its Humanitarian Demining Initiative, Schonstedt® deployed 30 GA-72Cd Magnetic Locators to Mines Advisory Group (MAG) Ukraine to support frontline teams clearing landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and explosive remnants of war (ERW) in the Kharkiv and Mykolaiv regions. Schonstedt magnetic locators help MAG’s demining teams detect buried ferrous metal objects as part of their UXO clearance operations with the goal of safely and efficiently returning land to communities for rebuilding and agriculture. Making Land Safe Again In collaboration with MAG Ukraine and UNMAS, Schonstedt’s magnetic locators contribute…

  The Schonstedt Humanitarian Demining Initiative (SHDI) recently deployed 30 GA-72Cd Magnetic Locators to Lebanon. These vital tools will support humanitarian deminers working tirelessly to save lives and return contaminated land to communities. A Lifeline for Lebanon Lebanon faces an urgent and growing threat from unexploded ordnance (UXO), particularly in southern villages where recent clashes and decades of conflict have left fields, roads, and homes littered with deadly explosives (Source: UNDP). The 30 GA-72Cd magnetic locators will empower local and international demining teams to:  Clear cluster munitions and other UXO that endanger farmers and families. Speed up recovery in one of the world’s most heavily contaminated…

Article and photo from the March 06, 2020 edition of xyHt magazine You know the magnetic locator well, no doubt. Whether yours is a Schonstedt or another brand, geospatial professionals are familiar with these instruments due to their common use in detecting survey markers. Border-marking studs, often sunk by surveyors gone by, are made of the ferrous metals that the magnetic locators are designed to detect. However, before the 1970s, Schonstedt wasn’t focused on these meat-and-potatoes surveyors’ needs. The company was a space-specialist, hard at work creating instruments for aerospace use. As a developer of magnetic field detectors, they were…

In collaboration with the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), four Magnetic Locators from Schonstedt Instrument Company have deployed to Somalia, approximately 6 miles north of the nation’s capital, Mogadishu, to locate explosive remnants of war (ERW). Demining teams briefed on using Schonstedt UXO Locators (Magnetic Locators) during Battle Area Clearance in Daynile. Photo credit: UNMAS Somalia Searcher detected ERW using Schonstedt UXO Locator (Magnetic Locator) on the spot in Daynile. Photo Credit: UNMAS Somalia About the Site The Daynile district, located in the Banaadir region of Somalia, encompasses the northern outskirts of the nation’s capital, Mogadishu. Approximately 6 miles…

Since the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s independence in 1960, the country has been locked in a spiral of armed conflict that has resulted in nationwide contamination of explosive hazards. The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) has been present in the DRC since 2002, supporting the National Mine Action Authority (CCLAM) in coordinating the survey and clearance activities of suspected hazardous areas identified throughout the country. In August 2018, the Schonstedt Humanitarian Demining Initiative (SHDI) deployed ten (10) locators to the DRC to aid in the detection of buried landmines, explosive remnants of war (ERW) and other unexploded ordnance…