LexaGene Holdings, Inc. a molecular diagnostics company developing automated rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing solutions for veterinary diagnostics and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, today announced it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM).
This CRADA aims to foster innovative biothreat defense capability...
DHS CWMD is leading an effort to develop the next-generation of aerosol biodetection systems
RFIs open for Advanced Sensor Redesign and UV-LIF Trigger Redesign
The Department of Homeland Security CWMD Research & Development division is seeking information from contractors capable of supporting its requirements for...
If you are outside the United States and want to travel to Convergence there are many countries where this is currently very difficult. The Biden declaration on travel is still in force (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/from-other-countries.html) and if you are resident in one of these countries then you will need a National Interest...
Police in northeastern France have arrested a student accused of building homemade bombs using uranium oxide allegedly purchased from auction site eBay, media reports said Wednesday.
According to French humor magazine Canard, the 26-year-old man who suffers from psychiatric disorders was arrested and indicted...
Sedgefield-based Kromek Group plc has announced a contract worth up to $1.6m to provide its world-leading radiation detection equipment to a US federal entity.
Kromek’s D3S-ID wearable nuclear radiation detector is designed to enable first responders, armed forces, border security and other chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) experts to...
Rheinmetall has been awarded a Bundeswehr contract to modernize the tried-and-tested Fuchs/Fox armoured NBC reconnaissance vehicle. A total of five A6A1 versions of the vehicle will be upgraded to the new highly protected A8A7 configuration. The Bundeswehr will thus have at its disposal an NBC reconnaissance and analysis capability that...
Flowwoing on from the detection In 2015 and 2020 two novel orthpox cases in the Faribanks area of Alaska, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services has recently reported that two additional infections were detected in July and August, of this year.
The orthopox, named Alaskapox virus, isn't related to any...
Scientists at GE Research have won a five-year award from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to develop a Compact Vapor Chemical Agent Detector (CVCAD) to provide first responders with an early warning of the presence of dangerous chemicals in all-weather and field-operational conditions.
GE’s handheld, wireless detector will instantly...
Physician-Scientist Steven Quay and a group of international scientists have published a paper, available here, regarding the contamination of Covid-19 patient samples at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) with a variety of unexpected substances, including an undisclosed H7N9 influenza vaccine and the BSL-4 pathogen Nipah.
Kromek Group plc, the Sedgefield-based technology company, has formally been presented with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise by Lord-Lieutenant of County Durham, Mrs Sue Snowdon.
Kromek received the award in April 2020 for its contribution to international trade, the company now exports expanded to more than 40 countries. Due to...
AeroVironment, Inc a global leader in intelligent, multi-domain robotic systems, announced yesterday that its wholly owned subsidiary, Telerob, successfully delivered the United States Pentagon Force Protection Agency’s (PFPA) telemax™ EVO HYBRID unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) order in July 2021. Designed to be operated by PFPA explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) and hazardous materials handling...
Teledyne FLIR will display its Centaur UGV at DSEI 2021 in London from 14-17 September — the first time that the UGV will be seen in public outside the US.
David Viens, ex-US Army officer and VP for business development at Teledyne FLIR Unmanned Integrated Solutions, told Shephard: ‘The UGV was originally designed...
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