EOD/IEDD
Indian security forces on Wednesday 26 August unearthed a major ammunition dump in a forested area along the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border, recovering firearms, improvised explosive devices, Claymore mines and other explosive materials. According to United News of India, acting on leads provided by surrendered Maoists, a team of the District
Exercises & Events
United States marines have carried out a recent CBRN advanced skills evaluation training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The exercise, which was carried out by marines with the CBRN response platoon, 3rd Marine Division, refined their ability to detect, identify, contain and analyse hazardous chemicals in an operational scenario, according
Procurement
CBRN
A major chlorine gas leak at a water treatment plant in Gohani, Nagpur, India, on Monday 24 August resulting in 56 people being hospitalised, according to reports from The Times of India. Eight of them were treated in an intensive care unit. The leak occurred at a water treatment plant
Gov & Industry
The Chinese high-tech company Hopong International Limited, in partnership with other institutions, has provided uncrewed aerial vehicles and offered specialised training to Cambodian deminers, it was reported by Xinhua news agency on Monday 24 August. According to Xinhua, Heng Ratana, director general of the Cambodian Mine Action Center, said
Gov & Industry
The Croatian producer of first-person view drones, Orqa FPV, has announced that they have confirmed an agreement to supply the US Army's 2nd Infantry Division with their systems after a focused evaluation of multiple suppliers. In the post published on LinkedIn on Monday 24 August, Orqa said
Exercises & Events
This week Rwanda hosted a tabletop exercise bringing together representatives from relevant institutions to strengthen Rwanda’s preparedness and coordinated response to CBRN threats. In LinkedIn post on 20 August, the country's Ministry in charge of Emergency Management said that participants used a scenario-based simulation to test
EOD/IEDD
The United States' Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the placement and/or use of improvised explosive devices in the Carson National Forest in northern New
CBRN
It has been announced that the United States' Joint Project Manager for CBRN Integrated Early Warning - which is part of the Capability Program Executive for CBRN Defense - has reached a milestone B decision for the "Vehicle Integrated Platform Enhanced RADIAC" technology, abbreviated to VIPER. An article published
Uncrewed Systems
EOD/IEDD
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CBRN
The US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) hosted a field experiment 21-25 July to assess emerging environmental air monitoring and biodefence technologies. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Joint Science and Technology Office sponsored the field experiment event, which was known as the Micro-