Preparedness is the watchword for any professional who puts his or her life on the line to deal with chemical spills, accidents and other dangerous situations. While training is important, when a hazmat suit is the only thing standing between a first responder and harmful chemicals or gases,

Partnership with Mirion gives full range of radiation detection technologies

Treatment with JPM-TMT funded AVI-7288 shows significant survival rates even when administered up to four days post-infection

A UK woman who claims to be a Roman Catholic nun has been convicted of sending white powder threats to leading political figures including Nick Clegg, who she accused of being a 'devil worshipping freemason'. Further details on Bioprepwatch ...

15:54 - Syria declares ownership of WMD on state television, as well as a willingness to use them against foreign attack.

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.

Serco guards being investigated after alleged failures to operate detection equipment properly

To what extent are polio vaccination programmes in Pakistan being manipulated by the Taliban?

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

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

Smiths Detection and Optosecurity offer upgrades for airport x-ray scanners

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

North Korea to enhance its nuclear defence capability

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

Mediating historical fact with current speculation

ReconRobotics establishes international headquarters in Lugano, Switzerland

The US Postal Service could dispense antibiotics to the homes of civilians in the event of a bioterrorist attack.

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

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

ChemProDM module provides comprehensive CWA and TIC detection for vehicles, robots and OEMs

The Indian DRDO is to construct a new CBRNE testing facility in Nagpur, Maharashtra.

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

North Korea and US in talks for the first time since the rise of Kim Jong-un.

Fears over phenol spill in China's Yangtze River.

The US has recently awarded 18 contracts for advanced chemical detection research as part of M3RD. An incredible sized programme given the suggestion at the APBTI that around 8 awards would be made. More information on the technologies and winners in the main article.

Will oil sanctions stall, prevent, or exacerbate Iran's nuclear programme?

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.

Why, does this monkey taste funny to you?

Did you catch the NTI Security Index webcast? If not, here's a summary...

Nabco announced that the General Directorate of Abu Dhabi Police had purchased three of their TCVs and other assorted equipment to 'help counter and respond to chemical, biological and explosive threats.’ The 64-GT SCS TCVs ordered allow maximum stand off distances for the public when dealing

The UK Government announced that it had launched a Green Paper to mark a formal consultation on Equipment, Support and Technology for UK Defence and Security - www.defenceconsultations.org.uk/ The Paper links national security, working with other countries, export and cyber security together.

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

Smiths Detection, perhaps in timely response to the attempted ass-assassination of Prince bin Nayaf (see below) announced that their B-Scan provided fast, non-intrusive internal and external search for hidden weapons and other contraband. The device uses a smaller dose that backscatter x-ray

There have been signs of increased CBRN defence capability towards a, currently, nebulous (but no doubt intelligence driven) threat, but a Summit in Herzloya has perhaps given a further insight into their concerns. Brig.-Gen. (Res.) Nitzan Nuriel, director of the National Security Council's

The UK’s Royal Society published a new report – Making the UK Safer: detecting and decontaminating chemical and biological agents – with recommendations to protect the UK against CBRN threats. Copies of the review are available here:

Nabco also announced that they have upgraded three TCVs for the Danish MoD to allow them to counter CBR threats too. In addition to this they also announced that the University of Georgia police department had also bought their own TCV – clearly expecting troublesome

Smiths Detection, meanwhile, has its eyes set on loftier heights as they work on UAV chemical detection. Working with ECBC and AeroVironment, manufacturer of the Raven UAV, they will contend with other companies in this field (such as Environics) to allow airborne early warning of chemical

The final US Defence Authorisation Bill is to have language very similar to the Nunn-Lugar treaty contained within it to be able to deal with the threat of bio terrorism. This would mean that the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Improvement Act would have more flexibility to meet