On July 24, 2024, the Department of Defense (DOD) fulfilled the final Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 delivery of 626,870 doses of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved BioThrax® (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed), a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for anthrax disease. This marks the completion of

You can now watch, or rewatch, the recent Proengin webinar  'The Role of Chemical Detection in Emergency Incidents Involving Batteries'. 

Click the link and get your learning on ...

Kromek, a leading developer of radiation and bio-detection technology solutions for the advanced imaging and CBRN detection segments, is pleased to announce that its D3M detector has been named as the Personal Radiation Detector (“PRD”) under the UK Government Resilience Framework (the

French police are investigating a suspicious letter sent to the interior minister that tested positive for yersinia pestis. 

The letter, unstamped, and with undisclosed “inscriptions” on the back, roused suspicions among workers. Inside, they discovered a black powder and a letter

Originally published by Medpage Today. 

The CDC says a glitch in its bird flu test hasn't harmed the agency's outbreak response, but it has ignited scrutiny of its go-it-alone approach in testing for emerging pathogens.

The agency has quietly worked since April to resolve a

Originally published by Reuters 

From dhs.gov

A post from Mary Ellen Callahan, Assistant Secretary, DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD)

Advances in Artificial Intelligence create great promise while also posing unique threats in the Chemical,

Report concludes that information obtained and analysed ‘not sufficient to provide reasonable grounds’ toxic chemicals used as a weapon in two 2017 incidents reported to OPCW by Government of Syria. 

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Fact-Finding Mission

New high-tech bomb disposal robots will provide greater protection for soldiers and the public in a new deal for the British Army announced today. 

50 of the T4 bomb disposal robots will be able to be used in situations of bomb and hazardous material disposal, helping the explosives

Avon Protection has won the tender for the continued supply of the General Service Respirator (“GSR”) and associated in service support for the UK Ministry of Defence (“MoD”).

Avon has been supplying the MoD with GSR masks since 2018 and this new contract award will enable Avon to

A New Textile Technology for Chemical Defence Applications

Heathcoat Fabrics is proud to unveil its groundbreaking NeutraliZr™ fabric, a revolutionary material poised to transform military chemical defence applications. Developed in collaboration with Guild Associates Inc.,

The Secretariat of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has been monitoring the situation on the territory of Ukraine since the start of the war in February 2022 in relation to allegations of use of toxic chemicals as weapons. 

Both the Russian Federation and

V2X, Inc. has been awarded a total of $75 million in new and follow-on work to advance the next generation of threat detection and response to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) hazards. This funding is a significant step forward in enhancing

On April 29, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) marked the 180-day mark of President Biden’s Executive Order (EO) 14110, “...

Originally published by Baltic News Network

Russia accused Ukraine of attacking the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant three times on Sunday, the 7th of April, a claim denied by Kyiv. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has experts on site,

Originally published by Robert Herriman in Outbreak News Today. 

Plague is endemic in Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where cases are regularly reported in some health zones

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Investigation and Identification Team (IIT)’s fourth report concludes that there are reasonable grounds to believe that

The current generation of large language models (LLMs)—a form of artificial intelligence (AI)—do not increase the risk of a biological weapons attack by a non-state actor, according to new RAND ...

Back in November 2023, the FBI and U.S. Postal Service inspectors reported they had intercepted four fentanyl-tainted letters addressed to election offices in Georgia, Nevada, California, Oregon and Washington. With not much mentioned about such things since, one could hope this was a one off,

The New South Wales Ministry of Health have released a warning about 'RedBull' logo tablets being sold as MDMA as actually containing Nitazines, one tablet they tested contained no MDMA whatsoever. 

The warning comes after three people were hospitalised in Sydney after taking what they

Liberty Defense Holdings Ltd.,a leading technology provider of AI-based next generation detection solutions for concealed weapons and threats, is pleased to announce it has entered into a strategic non-exclusive

According to a report in Korea Joongang Daily, North Korea is expanding a chemical plant that plays a crucial role in its nuclear and missile program, according to satellite imagery examined by analysis group 38 North and the Korea Institute of Nuclear Nonproliferation and

A new study reports 309 lab acquired infections and 16 pathogen lab

A recent report in The Washington Post highlighted the apparent increase in heavy production fentanyl labs in Canada. 

In October, Canadian police found 2.5 million doses of fentanyl and 528 gallons of chemicals in a shipping container and a storage unit. Six months earlier they raided

A recent report in the New York Times (NYT) has highlighted that Russia may be preparing to test a nuclear powered missile. 

According to NYT "movements of aircraft and vehicles at and near a base in Russia’s remote Arctic region are consistent with preparations that were made for tests

Today, the United States has announced sanctions against multiple China based companies and individuals they alledge are involved in the production fo chemicals that are used to make fantanyl 

Attorney General Merrick Garland said the drug's supply chain "often starts with chemical

The arrest of a man on terrorism offences was first reported in January 2023, without too much information in the press about the nature of the acts.

He has now gone to trial and been found guilty, and according to the Counter Terror Policing website, Mohamad Al-Bared, of Coventry, made

A national team of experts will advance an innovative biopolymer particle-based platform technology to develop vaccine candidates to protect against biowarfare threats including Q Fever, tularaemia, and melioidosis.

Health Security Systems Australia (HSSA) is engaging with leading

AI Platform Will Alert Warfighters of Probable Exposure Before Symptoms Emerge

AiRANACULUS®, a private, Massachusetts-based technology company providing state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) solutions, announced that it has received a U.S.

Smiths Detection today announces that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has selected Smiths Detection to supply 122 portable Aerosol and Vapor Chemical Agent Detectors (AVCAD). This follows the successful

It was reported over the weekend that a one year old had died, and three other children were hospitalised after apparently ingesting fentanyl at their nursery in the Bronx, New York. 

Nursery staff called 911 to report multiple children were unwell. The cause of the death and

Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, is showcasing a new technology concept at this week’s DSEI conference in London that wil lallow crews to autonomously launch small drones operated from inside a military vehicle; perform reconnaissance, surveillance, and target

The Russian region of Voronezh has declared an emergency over a recent anthrax outbreak. One person has been diagnosed with anthrax, presumably cutaneous, as it was contracted from the carcass of an infected animal. 

The governor of the region, Alexander Gusev, declared a

Last week we saw that some stories were circulating about Russia potentially having used Lewisite against Ukrainian troops in Bakhmut.

Originally published in The Spectator (printed in full because we think it deserves to be known!)

That a pandemic caused by a bat coronavirus started in the city with the world’s largest programme of research into bat coronaviruses was always intriguing. That among the first people to

Allen-Vanguard, a global leader in providing customized solutions for defeating Radio Frequency (RF) based terrorist and extremist threats, has recently secured MoD funding from a focussed call for innovation proposals administered by the Defence & Security Accelerator (DASA).  The

(Stockholm, 4 April 2023) There is an urgent need to understand how a range of emerging ecological challenges could trigger catastrophic instability and insecurity, argues a new report published today by SIPRI. 

Five Urgent Questions on Ecological Security

"The President’s FY 2024 budget request recognizes the need to invest in public health preparedness in the face of evolving threats – allowing us to respond faster and more effectively to whatever comes next. The budget includes funding that will enhance the National Disaster Medical System,

February 21, 2023 – ...

Update: The capsule has now been found on the Highway near the town of Newman, and will be taken to a secure facility in Perth. 

Mining giant Rio Tinto is working with authorities to try to find a radioactive capsule that went missing in Western Australia this month.

Rio

Pascale Ferrier, of Quebec, has plead guilty to sending a threatening letter containing ricin to Donald Trump at the White House when he was president. 

Press release from the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.

“Unprecedented Danger”: Russia-Ukraine War Pushes Iconic Doomsday Clock Closest to Midnight Ever in its History. 

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Also

Oringinally published by Robert Mendick in the Telegraph.

A businessman has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism over an alleged attempt to import radioactive uranium into the UK. 

On Sunday January 8th, news emerged that police in Germany had arrested a 32 year old Iranian man on suspicion of planning a terrorist act. 

 It was announced that the Russian Federation dropped rounds containing chloropicrin from a drone on Ukrainian positions on the 24th of September. CBRNe World have

Originally published at https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) has awarded $1,941,285 in federal grant

It has been reported that on Wednesday August 17th, officials in the city of Zaporizhzhia were holding emergency drills to prepare for a disater at the nuclear plant with the same name, some 30 miles away from the

SIGA Technologies, Inc., a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company, today announced the exercise of procurement options under its 75A50118C00019 (19C) contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the delivery to the U.S. government of intravenous (IV) formulation of

Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat detection and security screening technologies, has today been announced as a sponsor and supplier of X-ray screening and detection equipment for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, helping to create a secure environment for all

On July 21 2022 the GAO publicly released the findings of a review it had conducted into the Nuclear Regularoty Comission's license verification system for high-risk radioactive materials.

The full report can be downloaded here ...