Farmers in Malakal County, South Sudan, plow land cleared of explosive threats, enabling them to safely grow food and earn a living. Photo: Jakob Donatz/UNMAS, UN Peacekeeping
Save the People. Free the Land.
The Mission
A new approach to detecting buried explosive threats.
SSOLAS uses seismic sensing to find buried explosives and other hidden objects in difficult soil — especially where older tools struggle. Early field testing demonstrates the core sensing capability.
Explosive remnants of war block farmland, displace communities, and kill civilians for decades after conflict ends. The tools used to find them have barely changed in 80 years. SSOLAS is designed to change that.
Why it matters
Every day, the past kills the present.
Landmines and unexploded ordnance left behind by past wars continue to kill, maim, and trap families in poverty. The threat is growing. Detection methods rooted in World War II technology are not keeping pace.
SSOLAS targets the survey phases of mine action — the critical first steps that determine where clearance teams work. Better survey means faster clearance, and faster clearance means land returned to the people who need it.
Why SSOLAS Is Different
Detection where it never was before.
Seismic & Acoustic Sensing
SSOLAS sends controlled sound energy into the ground and measures how the soil responds. Buried objects change that response in ways the system is designed to detect — including in soils where EM and GPR fail.
Volumetric Detection
Unlike ribbon-based surface survey methods, SSOLAS collects volumetric subsurface data — producing a three-dimensional picture of what lies beneath, at greater depth, across an area.
Designed for Automation
Built from the start for automated data collection, reducing reliance on real-time operator judgment and supporting consistent, reproducible survey results that can be analyzed remotely.
SSOLAS is at Technology Readiness Level 2-3 with successful field testing in August 2025.
Safe Investment
Pre-seed funding via Simple Agreement for Future Equity. Help advance SSOLAS toward field-ready prototype.
Government R&D
We are pursuing ERDC BAA funding and are open to additional government research partnerships.
Technical Volunteers
Engineers, data scientists, and geophysicists: join a team advancing technology with genuine humanitarian stakes.
Humanitarian Partners
Mine action organizations and demining operators: explore how SSOLAS survey capability could serve your mission.
