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

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

Biofire and bioMereieux merger now complete. Biofire splits into two bits, with the CBRN part of Biofire now called BioFire Defense LLC.

Further chemical attacks in Syria?

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

Last roundup on the Ghouta situation

FLIR Systems, Inc. announced that it has expanded the drug target library for the Griffin 824 Trace Detection Mass Spectrometer to include common designer drugs found in bath salts and herbal incense (K2/Spice) products, in addition to existing illegal drugs.

BioFire Diagnostics, Inc., announced FDA clearance of their FilmArray Blood Culture Identification (BCID) Panel. To date, the 27-target panel is the most comprehensive test to be approved by the FDA

Test reduces time required to identify pathogens from days to about an hour

Authorised to detect threats in baggage, cargo and on passengers

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

Bruhn NewTech delivers the next generation of its HazKey® Systems to the Royal Netherlands Air Force

Utah law enforcement receives training on FLIR Systems’ state-of-the-art forensic equipment to streamline drug cases

The Time today (Saturday) revealed that an MoD employee had leaked secret information to them over soil tests removed from Syria in a secret operation.

This article has been produced by Brown Moses and is reproduced here with his permission being deemed by the editorial staff to be a most excellent analysis of some recent 'CW' videos:

BioFire Diagnostics, Inc. today announced that it has signed a competitive prototyping contract with the Department of the Army

HazMasterG3 has reinvented the CBRNE decision support system.

In the tricky world of challenge inspections (Ed: not that we have ever had one yet) or accusations of the use of chemical weapons (Ed: Now those we have lots of!) one thorny issue has plagued many planners. What do you do if the agent has dissiminated or broken down before you get there with a

Chemring Detection Systems (\"CDS\") a Chemring Group (\"Chemring\") company, announced a $49M contract award to supply biological detection systems to the US Army and US Navy. The award was made by the Edgewood Contracting Division of the Aberdeen

Markes International Ltd (Llantrisant, UK) is set to make life easier for field and laboratory staff, by introducing enhanced labelling for its standard range of thermal desorption tubes.

Name charge to more accurately reflect business strategy and strong momentum in the marketplace

Partnership with Mirion gives full range of radiation detection technologies

The ARDIMS identifies areas of interest and takes radiological sensor readings for teams on the ground.

UK Ministry of Defence CBRN has a possible future requirement for the supply of a Below Neck CBR Protective Clothing System for Aircrew. The full expression of interest details are listed in the main article.

This three-day, non-credit short-course is designed to introduce participants to the challenges facing the world at the intersection of biodefense and public health. See main articlefor

As part of the surveillance for the European Nations Championship 2012, which will take place

A revolutionary gas detection, identification and imaging system to help improve safety in oil and gas environments

DHSs DNDO has released a special notice detailing a sole source procuremtn from Smiths Detection, Inc. in fiscal year (FY) 2012 at an estimated value of $3.35M. It has further noted an intention to procure on a competitive basis, a basic handheld radiation detection/identification system to

Andrew Johnston is pleased to see that the level of political understanding of CBRN incidents remains worryingly low…

Buried improvised explosive devices (IED), person-borne IEDs and vehicle-borne IEDs are employed against U.S. or coalition forces anywhere in the world, but especially in Afghanistan. The manufacture and transport of homemade explosives (HME) and their precursor chemicals enables these IEDs.

Smiths announce a new entry to the field GC-MS market with their Guardion product. Citing smaller size and weight than competitors its an interesting challenge to the

Almsco, a division of Markes International, announced that they had launched their TargetView Software package, which has been designed to automate and improve detection and measurement of multiple target chemicals in complex GCMS data sets. The software will allow users to shorten the

ICx announced that they had launched the next generation of their IdentiFinder radiation detector – cunningly named identiFinder 2! The system keeps its easy three button interface and adds radionuclide identification, transflective display , Bluetooth, reachback and GPS as well as a web

Idaho Technology itself got approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for its JBAIDS systems to be used in the identification of H1N1. The Emergency Use Authorisation comes via the CBMS-JPEO for military units deployed in places such as Iraq and