Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Authority, STUK, awards a new significant 1.6m, four years framework contract to Environics Oy for radiation detection equipment program.

Security personnel, military teams and first responders requiring remote radiation detection and identification can now turn to two new, high-precision spectroscopy instruments that offer multiple telemetry options.

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

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.

Lockheed Martin have confirmed GOLD sponsorship status with BioFire Defense, Proengin, Emergent BioSolutions and Cristanini signing up as SILVER sponsors at Falcon Communications (publishers of CBRNe World and CBRNe World Annual Directory) regional Convergence conference & exhibition in

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

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.

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

Bertin Technologies, a subsidiary of the French industrial group CNIM, is strengthening its range of instrumentation equipment and systems by acquiring the Saphymo Group. This take-over would take effect in early January 2015.

Thermo Scientific announce their new RadEye SPRD (Spectroscopic Personal Radiation Detector) for rad detection and identification

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.

We don't have an 'Ain't it cool' section, but if we did it would feature NTI's new tool to view the entire threat reduction budget from 1992 to the present or search by program, goal or government department over a custom date range

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.

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

Falcon Consultancy provide the new ASTM Standard for explosive trace detectors

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...

Bertin Technologies announced that their chemical stand off detector, Second Sight, had been chosen for the FIFA World Cup in Brazil

The first brochure for CBRNe Convergence is now available for download. Information on speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, workshops and much, much more.

New York City, Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties will share $178.92 million in funding for equipment, training, and some staffing costs, up from $174 million in 2013

Mistral Security, Inc unveiled its new VBIED Tool Kit to address the need for a common set of efficient tools to allow deployment of bomb squad robots down-range to engage explosive and IED threats on vehicles.

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?

Not only is the Philippines currently the host to the SE Asian JRC's COE but it also has a new security and defence show!

Optosecurity make greater inroads into checkpoint security

Russian security services foiled a conventional attack on their Kirov storage facility

Integrating EPA’s gold-standard for reactivity analysis, the addition of new tools for enhanced EOD, SSE/forensics, along with chemical and radiation scenarios, new release of Alluviam LLC’s HazMasterG3 sets the standard for CBRNE/HME decision support.

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

908 Devices and their range of Mass Spectrometers.

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.

The world supplier of CBRN security and safety systems, Environics Oy from Finland, delivers a complete CBRN monitoring system to critical VIP buildings in Asia region

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

The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center is currently researching alternative technologies to better test suspicious powders to determine if they are a chemical or biological agent. A key technology they are studying, adenosine triphosphate (ATO)-based technology, allows for high

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

IRobot announced that they had been awarded an estimated $30 contract for Packbot FasTac over the next four years, there is also an additional $3 million spares contract

We reported late last week on the BBC story that many of the Remploy factories in the UK, that utilize a large number of disabled employees, including Remploy Frontline, the manufacturer of the UK MoD's PPE were slated to close. Remploy subsequently released more information.

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

The Defence Equipment & Support. , Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Delivery Team (CBRN DT) will be hosting an Industry Day to present recent developments in the UK CBRN Equipment Capability

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

iRobot wins $7.2 million tender from Brazil to provide Defense & Security robots

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

Following on from Jim McCormick's prosecution this week in the UK questions still remain unanswered. They start with how is could take so many years before such an obvious fake was caught. More bruising though is the way in which agencies that should have known better behaved

A press announcement from the University of Texas Medical branch announced to the community around the campus that a vial of a select agent, Guanarito, was 'unaccounted for' on Saturday (March 23).

Registration is now open for the George Mason University Summer Program in International Security

Lets be clear - there is some rubbish going around analysing videos at the moment on Syrian chemical attacks. Lets just assess a few of these.

Cobham has been awarded a £16M order to supply NATO forces with leading-edge vehicle mounted IED detection equipment.

Bruker DE-tector passes the enhanced ASTM trace explosive detection standard .