Patent ID: 6885299

Claim:
A sensor system for monitoring for the presence of contamination with one or more contaminating biological, chemical and/or radioactive agents on a terrain surface, and creating a contamination map thereof, comprising: (a) a plurality of sensor pods, comprising, a detector unit for detection of the contaminating agent and outputting contaminating agent data, comprising a chemical reagent which is released from the sensor pod and reacts with contamination at the terrain surface to form a reactant, and a spectral analysis unit which quantifies the reactant and the level of contamination measured, a processor for processing the contaminating agent data, a geopositioning mechanism for determining the position of the sensor, and a transmitter for transmitting contamination agent data and position data; and (b) an airborne dispensing portion for dispensing the plurality of sensor pod to the terrain surface, and (c) an airborne monitoring portion for receiving the transmitted contamination agent data and position data from the plurality of sensor pods.