Patent ID: 8080808

Claim:
An apparatus for locating concealed, hostile targets at a remote distance by inducing then detecting gamma rays from the target, said apparatus comprising: a neutron source for producing a neutron beam capable of generating gamma rays upon interaction with a target; a carrier for supporting said neutron source opposite a search area; a beam former for directing a neutron beam from said neutron source along a vector toward the search area; a moveable connection operatively associated with said beam former for moveably scanning the neutron beam vector relative to said carrier across a wide search area; a gamma ray detector for detecting gamma rays emanating from a target in the search area; at least one position sensor associated with said beam former for monitoring the instantaneous vector of the neutron beam relative to said carrier; and a detection processing module operatively coupled to said sensor and said gamma ray detector for associating the instantaneous vector of the neutron beam relative to said carrier at the moment said gamma ray detector detects gamma rays from a target in the search area to spatially locate the target from a remote distance.