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Inside this issue:
MineWolf Systems
operational in Northern
Sudan 1
MineWolf machines
aid Border Security in
Tajikistan 1
Mini MineWolf demonstrates
productivity in Cyprus 2
Updates from the Balkans 3
NPA continues to use
their Mini MineWolf to assist
communities in Bosnia 4
MineWolf products
attract Interest at Defence
Exhibitions 5
MineWolf machines aid Border
Security in Tajikistan
MineWolf Systems has been working with the
Organisation for the Security and Cooperation
in Europe (OSCE) and the US Government to
equip and train mechanical demining teams
to secure the border between Tajikistan and
Afghanistan. The aim of the border clearance
operation is to remove the existing antipersonnel
minefields along the border with
Afghanistan so as to make the region safer
and to ensure that the border can be correctly
and safely policed by the Tajikistan Border
Guards.
The Tajikistan border region contains some
607 anti-personnel minefields that will all
eventually be cleared.
The Mini MineWolf arrived in Dushanbe,
Tajikistan in April 2010, and was moved to the
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MineWolf Systems operational
in Northern Sudan
In June MineWolf Systems were given a new
twelve month contract to operate and maintain
the UN MineWolf in the North of Sudan.
After five years of operating in Southern
Sudan, this is the first time a MineWolf machine
has worked in the North. The contract
links MineWolf Systems and The Development
Initiative (TDI) as contract partners. TDI
is managing the contract and supplying the
manual and medical support whilst Minewolf
MW370 operating in Northern Sudan
Systems has the mechanical asset and mechanical
operating team on the ground. The
team is working well together. It is the first
time TDI has worked with a MineWolf and
following their accreditation in early July, the
grouping is now operational.
“We have been looking forward to an opportunity
to work with and get some hands
on experience of the MineWolf solutions and
although it’s early days we are thrilled with
the professionalism of the team, the service
support offered and the machine itself” said
Hugh Morris, Director of TDI.
The machine is working initially in Hamash
Korieb in Kassala State. It will remain there
for the next 3 months until about October
when the rains will be coming to an end and
then it will move to operations in Blue Nile
State based out of the TDI HQ there in Ad
Damazin.
border in the district of Pyanj where the OSCE
Tajik Mechanical Demining Team undertook
a four week operator and mechanic training
course conducted by MineWolf Systems.
The mechanical demining team consists of
both professional, and conscript soldiers from
the Tajik Army, on secondment to the OSCE.
OSCE Mechanical Demining Team completing the
MineWolf Operator/Mechanic Training Course
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Presenting the Mini MineWolf to
UN peace-keepers
Training to operate and maintain the Mini MineWolf
Operating in extreme dust
conditions
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Operating in the Border Region Checking Tiller after multiple
detonations
Mini MineWolf demonstrates
productivity in Cyprus
In April a Mini MineWolf with a tiller attachment
was contracted along with MineWolf
Systems’ full service package for a twelve
month period to conduct clearance of ‘the
green line’, the UN Buffer Zone between the
Greek and Turkish parts of the island. The
machine is being fully operated by MineWolf
Systems’ staff for the twelve month contract
period as the mechanical component of a
clearance project that is run by Group 4 Security
(Ordnance Management).
In July the Mini MineWolf completed the first
batch of minefield verification which included
seven minefields in total. During this period
the MineWolf Systems staff enabled the
machine to produce an average output of
4,500 – 5,000 square metres of processed
land per day, losing just one day in three
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Mina Plus Mini MineWolf in Croatia
months due to maintenance requirements.
Once the next phase of work begins, the
Mini MineWolf will swiftly follow up after the
manual deminers carrying out the verification
work required to enable the land to be
safely used again.
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Mini MineWolf in action along the ‘Green line’
Update from the Balkans
The Croatian company Mina Plus has just
purchased their first Mini MineWolf machine.
This will be the sixth MineWolf product in
Croatia, where three MineWolf machines, two
Mini MineWolfs and a MineWolf are already
operational. Along with the two machines
owned by NPA in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
a total of eight machines are operating in
the Balkan region, supported by MineWolf
Systems’ Regional Office in Brcko, Bosnia.
Unseasonal weather conditions hampered
demining operations in both Croatia and
Bosnia at the end of June. The severe flooding
in the Slavonia region of Croatia and in
northern Bosnia ground all demining operations
to a halt for one week, causing unwelcome
downtime for demining organisations
in what is usually their peak season.
Flooding around NPA’s base in Loncari
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Mini MineWolf in action
The MineWolf machines have been ob-
served in action by the Croatian Vice-President,
Đura Adleši during a recent field visit
to Gorice in Dragalic municipality in Slavonia
where MKA-Deming was operating with its
MineWolf machine.
Vice-President Adlesic interviewed by Croatian TV
where MW370 is working
NPA are using their MineWolf machine for
technical survey and mine clearance activities
within the Integrated Community Mine
Action Plan for the highly impacted community
Gornji Vuksic in the Brcko District of Bosnia
and Herzegovina.
Through this project, the Bosnian Mine Action
Centre (BHMAC) has selected six tasks
for mine clearance and technical survey operations
with a total area of 602,957 sq m as
priorities for mine action intervention in 2010.
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NPA continues to use their
Mini MineWolf to assist communities
in Bosnia
Mini MineWolf conducting technical survey around houses for returnees
Mine clearance and technical survey operations
of mine suspected areas will ensure the
safe use of arable land and reconstruction of
devastated houses with the aim to improve
the living conditions of people in this area
and complete the return of refugees and
According to the BHMAC, it is estimated that
there are still approximately 300 anti-personnel
and 90 anti-tank mines within 4.8 sq km of
suspected hazardous area in the community.
The social, economic and environmental impact
of landmines in the Gornji Vuksic community
is severe. Many destroyed houses,
the loss of fertile agricultural land and blocked
access to electricity are among the most serious
effects for returnees and for the rural
development of the community.
displaced people so long after the war has
ended.
For further information on NPA’s activities go
to http://www.npa-bosnia.org
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Robotic arm displayed at Eurosatory
Global Headquarters,
International Sales &
Operations Office
MineWolf Systems AG
Seedammstrasse 3
8808 Pfäffikon SZ
Switzerland
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Manufacturing,
Training & Logistics Office
MineWolf Systems AG
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Germany
Phone +49 (0) 7771 914 36 10
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info@minewolf.com
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MineWolf products attract Interest
at Defence Exhibitions
In June, MineWolf Systems demonstrated
their products at two major military exhibitions
and attracted significant interest from
various military visitors. From 14–18 June,
MineWolf Systems exhibited at the Eurosatory
Exhibition in Paris, billed as ‘Gathering the
World Defence Market for the World Reference
Exhibition’. The MineWolf stand hosted
a range of existing and potential customers
from the military markets examining the remote-controlled
Mini MineWolf machine and
tiller attachment on show. The new robotic
arm attachment was also on display and was
of particular interest to militaries dealing with
the challenges of improvised explosive devices
(IEDs).
Tiller attachment at the MineWolf stand
On 23 and 24 June, MineWolf Systems
exhibited for the first time at the UK event
called DVD, hosted by the UK’s Defence
Equipment and Support (DE&S). In contrast
to Eurosatory, this was an outside event and
MineWolf Systens stand at DVD
there was an opportunity to demonstrate the
robotic arm actually working. Visitors were
invited to see the arm, which was mounted
on a Mini MineWolf, picking up objects of
various shapes and sizes, simulating the
precision movements required to pick up a
bomb or improvised explosive device. Once
again there was considerable interest in the
products.
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