The United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has issued a sole-source procurement notice to award a firm-fixed-price contract to Rocky Mountain Unmanned Systems. According to Times of Defence, the programme targets the development of an autonomous quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle prototype capable of real-time 3D
OXOS Medical has won a federal contract to develop a next-generation X-ray system whose portability could prove valuable during mass casualty incidents and CBRN events. The company has been awarded a cost-share contract by the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), worth up to $24.
MIRA Safety has announced a "strategic partnership" with Gumárny Zubří, a Czech manufacturer with more than 90 years of experience in technical rubber, thermoplastics and CBRN equipment. According to a press release issued on Wednesday 30 September, the collaboration combines Gumárny Zubří's manufacturing and research and
VeriSIM Life has announced that it has entered into an agreement with the United States Department of War to advance computational new approach methodologies for medical countermeasure development and safety assessment. Under the agreement announced on 28 September, VeriSIM Life will use its BIOiSIM® platform to develop and evaluate computational
The United States' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a new order requiring air travellers arriving in the United States from abroad to certify that they have not been present in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during the previous 21 days. The order takes
CBRN Masks, an international supplier of Israeli civil-defence protective equipment, has launched five free interactive emergency preparedness simulators on its website. According to an article published by WBOC, the tools help the public understand complex threats by showing illustrative scenarios on digital maps, letting visitors explore scenarios and seeing
Armed police have for the first time trained in a scenario where an attempt is made to attack and steal a shipment of radioactive material being transported from the Dounreay nuclear power plant near Thurso, Scotland. According to the BBC, the Civil Nuclear Constabulary exercise involved armed attackers deliberately crashing
The Nigerian military's Joint Task Force (North East) has destroyed an IED logistics hub in Borno state, Nigeria, according to The Sun: Voice of the Nation. According to reports, 15 terrorists including two high-profile "Islamic State West Africa Province" leaders were killed in the operation.
The US state of Massachusetts has announced that 200 state hazmat technicians are being outfitted with personal radiation detectors through a federal grant programme. A photo accompanying the announcement on Wednesday 28 October would suggest that the state is receiving Teledyne FLIR identiFINDER R425 personal radiation detectors. "Massachusetts hazmat
The NATO EOD Centre of Excellence has conducted the CBRN EOD Incident Management Staff Officer Training course from 19-23 October, the latest in its series of NATO-approved training courses. In an article published on their website, the Centre of Excellence wrote that 14 participants from nine NATO and
Three young men have been reported killed and two others injured in a landmine explosion in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah on Tuesday morning, 27 October, Syria's state-run Al-Ikhbariya TV reported per Xinhua News Agency. The Syrian Civil Defence said its teams recovered the
BLADE, a leading provider of mission-critical defence solutions formally called HDT Global has announced that it has been awarded a contract in support of the Critical Equipment Decontamination System (CEDS) programme. In a press release published on 26 October, BLADE said that the award advances their work on the
United States Marine Corps and personnel from the Japanese Self-Defence Forces have trained in a simulated drone incursion and CBRN attack scenario during the exercise Keen Sword 27. In one photo in a gallery of 10 from the exercise, US Marine Corps staff sgt. Ryan Cerrillo, an explosive ordnance
Teledyne FLIR Defense has announced that it has been awarded a $48 million USD contract by the US Army to deliver nuclear, biological and chemical reconnaissance vehicle sensor suite upgrades to Bulgaria for its new fleet of Stryker vehicles. Dr. JihFen Lei, president of Teledyne Defense and Aerospace Group and
A chemical tank in Toledo, Ohio, ruptured on Tuesday night 20 October, billowing a white plume into the air for several hours and forcing hundreds of residents out of their homes due to the potentially toxic leak and the possibility of an explosion. According to Fox10 News, more than 50,
Teledyne FLIR Defense has announced that the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office has placed a $6 million order of identiFINDER® R425 handheld radionuclide identification devices. The purchase will be managed through the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the new R425 handheld radiation