FLIR Systems, Inc. today announced the release of the Griffin 844, the latest addition to its Griffin 800-series desktop chemical trace detector product line used by security officials to screen personal belongings, parcels, cargo, skin, vehicles, and other surfaces for explosives and narcotics

SRC’s Aklus Shield Biological Defense Systems Will Increase the Speed and Ease of Biosurveillance Capabilities for the United States Forces in the Korean Peninsula.

All chemical weapons at the Shchuchye facility in the Kurgan region have now been destroyed - only two sites left until complete destruction

FLIR announced the new lightweight Griffin 410 for deployable labs and recce vehicles.

DSEI is one of Europe's largest defence shows and as such is used for a number of product launches for Europe if not worldwide

After 5 years of development, Avon Protection is launching a new modular range of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) respiratory protection products at DSEI to meet the new CBRN threat environment and changing needs of the specialist user. The patented design approach

Soldiers from the 20th CBRNE Command took the fight to mock enemy forces during the second iteration of the CBRNE Leaders Course.

EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS EXPANDS BIODEFENSE BUSINESS THROUGH LAUNCH OF A MILITARY-GRADE AUTO-INJECTOR DEVICE FOR CHEMICAL THREATS

Brig. Gen. William E. King IV, the commanding general of 20th CBRNE Command (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives), was the guest speaker at the National Capital Regional Green Dragon Ball

Avon launch new backpack capability called CRS15

908 Devices, best known for the Mass Spec, M908, have now received funding from DTRA to start work on gas chromatography too...

908 Devices and Smiths Detection announced that they had been selected to move forward in the U.S. Army’s Next Generation Chemical Detector (NGCD) program.

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has issued a declaration stating their commitment to worldwide disarmament on the centenary of the first use of a chemical weapon. Chemists representing a number of international societies have also called for their 'complete

908 Devices announce that Massachusetts’ Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Division will be first customer of M908

Where is the line in speculating on CBRN devices.

The 1st Area Medical Laboratory, or 1st AML, returned home from a four-month deployment to Liberia, March 23.

Thermo Scientific Gemini analyzer is first handheld instrument to integrate two leading chemical ID technologies into a single portable device.

National Library of medicine is offering a free, online class on getting the best out of Toxnet, Wiser etc. Can't recommend this enough. Click on the main story and follow the links.

Morphix Technologies® develops easy-to-use Chameleon chemical detection safety kits for law enforcement, first responders or fire personnel. Each convenient Chameleon kit is identified for a specific toxic gas situation. Kits available for clandestine methamphetamine labs (Clan-Meth Lab

News reports are coming in that a man suspected of travelling from Nova Scotia with potentially hazardous chemicals has been arrested at an Ottawa hotel and identified by the RCMP as a former military biochemical weapons specialist from the United States.

Rigaku Raman Technologies, a manufacturer of handheld and portable Raman spectrometers, has introduced Progeny™ ResQ™, the new generation in handheld chemical detection. Progeny ResQ enables the detection, identification and response to chemical and hazardous threats at the touch of a button.

Russia seems to be stepping up its CBRN Defence

The Universities of Bradford and Bath have produced a joint report highlighting how contemporary chemical and life science research may potentially be applied to the study or creation of incapacitating chemical agent weapons.

Russian special forces NBC defence troops get new detector vehicles

The U.S. Army has placed its first order for the new 3M M61 Respiratory Mask Canister through the Canadian Commercial Corporation

Alluviam’s HazMasterG3 Version 18 delivers exclusive HazMAT Quick Start best-practices playbook to responders, is endorsed by HazMatIQ and has been adopted for use in their HMEIQ training program for military and civilian hazardous materials response and EOD teams.

STERIS CORPORATION RECEIVES AWARD OF JOINT SERVICE EQUIPMENT WIPE (JSEW) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACT

EOD operatives from the 20th CBRNE Command dealt with more than 2,000 calls in 12 months

Inficon announced that they were moving out from New York, and were instead moving to... New York!

Environics have been busy boys and girls over the summer holidays with a brace of new orders

Last week saw the discovery of the laptop of DOOOM! So should we be worried?

20th CBRNE Command demonstrated its readiness, agility and adaptability during Exercise Atropian Phoenix.

The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) announces the Toxicology in the 21st Century (Tox21) Data Challenge 2014 competition.

Defense Group, manufacturer of CoBRA software, announced that they had been helping provide a Common Operating Picture to the Brazilian government during the World Cup.

20th CBRNE Command are integrating into decisive action training rotations at the U.S. Army combat training centers. Effectively this means being able to demonstrated the task force's ability to respond to CBRNE hazards in support of combat operations.

While we might not be seeing a return to the grant funding 'boom' times, we are seeing a activity in grant funding... sadly, for first responders at least, it is getting less.

UK RTO, DSTL, announced that they were trialling a new commercial framework to help suppliers bid for contracts.

90 Devices announce that their HPMS handheld device has passed MRI Global's testing and met or exceeded expectations.

Bertin's Second Sight stand off detector is being used in the FIFA World Cup

Environics USA Loans 14 ChemPro100is to Massachusetts HazMat to Support the Boston Marathon security effort

The National Library of Medicine (NLM), have launched the latest version of their Wiser software for the Android

Hotzone Solutions successfully completed Biological Live Agent Pilot Course

Two lots of Hotzone Solutions news

Battelle launches REBS, their low cost bio detector

Hotzone Technologies, the trading and commercial arm of Hotzone Solutions Group, and Y-Max, Inc. signed an agreement for the distribution of Hotzone Solutions’ chemical warfare simulation agents and its associated decontamination-training products.

Precision instrumentation, and bio detector FLAPS, manufacturer TSI announced that it had acquired the business assets and Raman Spectroscopy Technology from Enwave Optronics, Inc.

At the request of the Saudi Arabian National Authority for the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions, diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia received a one-week training course in The Hague

Argon Electronics has been contracted by the United States Air Force through the Air Force Civil Engineer Center to deliver their PlumeSIM CBRN training system to enhance CBRN exercises at the Silver Flag Exercise Site at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida

Will Nexter, owners of NBC Sys, buy French PPE manufacturer Paul Boye?

Two lots of news from Hotzone Solutions