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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The United States has become the latest nation to place an order for Avon Protection’s MITR System, Avon announced on Friday 9 October. The recent order by the Department of War incorporates the MITR-M1 Half Mask and MITR-PG1 Powered Goggle for its special operations forces and includes
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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.
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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
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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
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Project Salt Box has reported that the United States' Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) has spent $1.3 million USD on robot dogs made by Boston Dynamics. According to Project Salt Box, the agency bought the robots without seeking competing bids, and chose a version built to detect
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The Homeland Defense Civil Support Office at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, USA, officially opened its newly upgraded incident response training department on 22 September 2026. "Fort Leonard Wood is the heart of the CBRN Response Enterprise mission’s individual training in support of its technical support forces,"