The programme is designed to lead to a marketable commercial product using PipeHawk's ground penetrating radar (GPR) technology.

In reaching its decision to provide continued funding for Project Lotus, the Commission noted that the project has a good mix of partners and is well positioned to demonstrate a step forward in the landmine detection process. PipeHawk is the lead technical project co-ordinator for the programme.
Earlier EU trials have already established that PipeHawk's GPR technology can locate all types of mines with 100% success, uniquely meeting the 99.6% clearance rate deemed essential by the UN. The company has already been involved in three EC projects to improve mine detection techniques. Aside from pressing humanitarian issues, there are strong commercial reasons for extensive mine clearance - for example, in Angola, where a minefield as big as France is preventing exploitation of geological and other resources.