Partnership with Mirion gives full range of radiation detection technologies

By John Joyce, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Public Affairs. Full story here

Argon Electronics, a world leader in the development and manufacture of hazardous material detector simulators, has been accredited to Environmental Management System Standard ISO 14001:2004.

UTILIS IBERICA has recently supplied a contract of CBRN Individual Protection Material to Spanish Armed Forces, through NAMSA(Now the NSPA). The Spanish program includes ...

JTF-CS is the only standing chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear response joint task force in the U.S.

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.

Researchers to begin clinical trials on new herbal anti-radiation drug

Milford, Delaware: Workers at a Clam processing plant, Sea Watch International, started their day with a severe shock when leaking chemical munitions were found on the assembly line. 6 people required medical treatment and 2 military assessment teams from teh US Army 20th Support Command are

The forthcoming PHEMCE implementation plan will spell out how programs and initiatives will be prioritised

UTILIS IBERICA awarded a first contract of CBRN Individual Protection Material by Spanish Armed Forces

18 June 2012: Avon Protection has launched a new conformal military CBRN filter that provides an accurate measure of usable life span with a unique end of

FORT EUSTIS, Va. – The Joint Task Force Civil Supportheadquarters was dedicated here June 14, 2012 in

Nation’s only standing CBRN joint task force to dedicate building in memory of New York City firefighter and U.S. Army nurse

Generation-after-next chemical, biological and radiological hazard mitigation systems

CBRNE soldiers pushed to limit during Best Warrior Competition

Irish Minister for Justice, Equality & Defence Alan Shatter has said that proposals to re-organise the structure of the Defence Forces are still being developed.

FLIR Systems Awarded US Army Contract Valued at Up to $38 Million to Support MEDEVAC Operations

Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Chicago on 20 May 2012

U.K. DfT Certifies MDI Itemiser DX Explosives Trace Detector for Air Cargo Screening

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

French explosive detection requirement and DHS Biowatch opportunity.

1. Nuclear, Biological & Chemical Sensor Processing Group (NBCSPG)

A transportable reactor emergency monitoring system (TREMS) is required that should be configurable for use on both deployed berths and permanently installed operation on UK dockside facilities.

Seven died, with many houses affected, when a heavy metal rich sludge affected a 19 mile stretch of the river Danube in Hungary. MAL Hungarian Aluminium’s chemical reservoir burst, resulting in miles of pollution, the company has made 110,000 Euros available as immediate aid to the affected

While the GAO gets its teeth sunk into the FBI the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee was also handing out some whup-ass to the DHS for over-spending and delaying efforts in next generation radiological detection. Senators Liebermann and Collins chastised DHS for

Smiths Detection announced that they had been awarded a five year contract from the Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA) for a continuation of detection systems and an upgrade of their libraries and radiological detection. The system forms part of PROTECT, Program for Response

Romania improved on their already impressive CBRN capability by taking delivery of two NNSA radiological detection vans. The vans, that are equipped with a wide variety of radiological instruments will be operated by the Romanian Border Police at their ports of entry as well as other locations.

The Canadian and US border now has a complete system of radiological portal monitors to scan all vehicles and cargo entering the US (and presumably Canada as well). This joins the Mexican border portal monitors which have been joined by mail scanning

Decongel, a polymeric hydrogel for containing and 'decontaminating’ radiological material is one of the three finalists for the Columbus Foundation Homeland Security Award for 2009. Devised by the Polymers division of Cellular Bioengineering Inc - http://www.decongel.com/index.html - their

CBRN heroine Amber Cummings received a one year sentence for the fatal shooting of her abusive, but most importantly potential radiological terrorist, husband. As reported in February 2009 after one beating too many Amber shot and killed her husband James and investigators found that the white

Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal was breezily confident when discussing the preparations for the international 'Commonwealth Games’ in 2010: “'Delhi has successfully organized various international meets. […] Not only [for the] Games but we are looking at the security of the city