Smiths Detection announced a $27.7 million follow-on production order from the Department of the Army for Chemical Biological Protective Shelters (CBPS).

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.

Noble gas based neutron radiation detection company, Arktis, announced that they had sealed another couple of wins.

Cobalt Light Systems has been named as a recipient of the prestigious 2015 Queen’s Award for Enterprise. The award – in the category of International trade – is the UK’s highest accolade for business success.

Berkeley Nucleonics will be releasing the Model RD-150-G at the Annual HPS (Health Physics Society) Conference in Baltimore in July

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

Smiths Detection announced that they had transitioned their Radseeker from the contracting Danbury (CT) facility to their Edgewood (MD) home...

Airbus announced that they had landed a several million Euro contract to provide 36 VPJ-R6 jammers (VPJ = Vehicle Protection Jammer).

908 Devices announces a range of international resellers.

Arktis Radiation Detectors has announced that the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA) has approved the company to continue the development of its next generation neutron detection platform.

Bruker Receives Award of a Contract to Design, Build and Equip Three Radiological/Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicles to support Dutch Firefighters, Police and other First Responders when responding to emergencies.

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

A solutions provider to the CBRNE community, Bruker Detection, will introduce the new SVG3™ lightweight radiation detector, at this year’s IDEX, Abu Dhabi.

Richard (Rick) Rowe brings a wealth of experience to ARKTIS and his appointment comes at an exciting time for the Zurich-based manufacturer of radiation detection systems. The company has recently received a contract from DARPA to develop the next generation of neutron detectors and has just

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

Russian special forces NBC defence troops get new detector vehicles

The Bruker Detection division today announced that the DE-tector has successfully met the new European Civil Aviation Conference's (ECAC) Common Evaluation Process of Security Equipment (CEP) for airport checkpoint screening of passengers and baggage

BioFire Defense announced today that it has received Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its commercial FilmArray Ebola test (BioThreat-E test) as well as a second Ebola test to be used by laboratories designated by the Department of Defense.

Mitch Wells, Director of R&D, Mass Spectrometry at Flir Systems, Inc has been added to the panel of expert speakers at the Convergence pre-Conference 'Novel Explosives Threat 'workshop , hosted at the Suffolk County Fire Academy on the 28th of October. Mitch will discuss the issue of IMS vs MS

GIFT CBRN, Generic Integrated Forensic Toolbox for CBRN incidents, starts in Den Haag. A series of training modules, technology and research projects being developed for law enforcement, CSI and forensics professionals

908 Devices announced that they had received a $2.6 million award from TSWG for further development of their mass spectrometry

UK Civil Aviation Authority awards contract to Rapiscan to detect lithium batteries in air cargo

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.

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

Falcon Consultancy provide the new ASTM Standard for explosive trace detectors

Arktis deploy their Modes_SNM at ports and borders.

Following last weeks cancellation of Biowatch we thought we'd ask what the plan was now. Based on the response from DHS we are not sure there is much of one...

BioFire Defense, LLC announced that it had been awarded the Next Generation Diagnostic System (NGDS) Technology Development contract by the US Department of Defense (DoD) after 12 months of competitive prototyping

908 Devices have launched their M908 (did you see what they did there!), which they describe as the world’s first and only handheld tool utilizing high-pressure mass spectrometry (HPMS) for trace-level chemical detection and identification

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

Two lots of news from Hotzone Solutions

The Centre for Defence Enterprise is a mechanism by which companies can bid novel ideas into DSTL, and there is £2 million available.

IRobot's 110 FirstLook now has an upgrade that allows it to have either a manipulator, or a sensor package

Optosecurity make greater inroads into checkpoint security

REBS has been tested over the past several years in various Battelle and government-sponsored tests—including Boston’s subway. Most recently, a series of successful tests was carried out in which multiple REBS systems demonstrated the ability to rapidly detect and identify airborne biological

New Dräger test and calibration station to boost gas safety and reduce costs

908 Devices and their range of Mass Spectrometers.

ISADE (International Symposium on the Analysis and Detection of Explosives) has received an abstract from Falcon Communications based on the explosive detector standards work and PhD that they sponsor. The symposium is held every three years and in 2013 it is organised by three Dutch

ISADE (International Symposium on the Analysis and Detection of Explosives) has received an abstract from Falcon Communications based on the explosive detector standards work and PhD that they sponsor. The symposium is held every three years and in 2013 it is organised by three Dutch

With high risk processes and flammable chemicals, sophisticated flame detection is one of the highest priorities in the chemical and petrochemical industries; and with the new Flame 3000, Draeger Safety UK are helping keep workers protected round the clock.

Rapiscan Systems announced that it has passed the European Civil Aviation Conference’s (ECAC) Standard 3 threat detection test

Authorised to detect threats in baggage, cargo and on passengers

620DV AT advanced X-Ray baggage screener now meets STAC Certification requirements for liquid explosive detection

The Authority has a requirement to provide a replacement for its gamma radiation monitoring capability, fitted in the Manoeuvring Room on board its nuclear powered submarines, plus 10 years support and maintenance. A gamma radiation detection capability and incorporated alarm is required that

Honeywell Acquires RAE Systems, A Global Gas Detection Company

PathSensors, Inc.specializes in technology that can monitor, detect and identify the toxin RICIN in 3 minutes or less.

Despite the effects of budget cuts in the US they still press on at the forefront of CBRN research and procurement with the evolution of a request for proposals and draft specifications for their Next Generation Chemical Detector (NGCD) program. Planned for release in 3rd quarter 2013 it plans