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date: "2026-09-19T17:38:49+00:00"
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# Current News
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## [UK tests response to malicious use of hazardous substances](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3809:uk-tests-response-to-malicious-use-of-hazardous-substances&catid=9)
20 November 2025 | Zoe Rutherford | [Threat](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_tags&view=tag&id%5B0%5D=5:threat), [Preparedness](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_tags&view=tag&id%5B0%5D=71:preparedness)
Orginally published by gov.uk The UK’s preparedness for a large scale chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive (CBRNE) incident was tested last week through a major national security exercise jointly delivered by Eastern Region Counter Terrorism Policing and the Ministry of Defence. Taking place between 4 November and 7 November, up to 600 members of the emergency services, arme…
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](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3808:wiltshire-based-defence-firm-avon-technologies-increases-profits-by-43&catid=9)## [Wiltshire based defence firm Avon Technologies increases profits by 43%](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3808:wiltshire-based-defence-firm-avon-technologies-increases-profits-by-43&catid=9)
12 November 2025 | Zoe Rutherford
Wiltshire-based Avon Technologies is one of the world's top manufacturers of gas masks, ballistic helmets and deep water rebreathers to global militaries and police forces, supplying gas masks and bullet proof helmets to the US and UK armed forces and to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Group delivered revenue of $313.9 million, up 14% year-on-year, with adjusted operating profit increasing to…
[Read more](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3808:wiltshire-based-defence-firm-avon-technologies-increases-profits-by-43&catid=9)
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](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3807:airboss-announces-new-order-valued-at-up-to-us-8-1m-for-canadian-dnd&catid=9)## [AirBoss Announces New Order Valued at up to US$8.1M for Canadian DND](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3807:airboss-announces-new-order-valued-at-up-to-us-8-1m-for-canadian-dnd&catid=9)
11 November 2025 | Zoe Rutherford
AirBoss of America Corp. has announced that AirBoss Defense Group ("ADG"), AirBoss Manufactured Products’ (“AMP”) defense business, has received an order from the Canadian Department of National Defense (“Canadian DND”) for ADG’s Low Burden Masks (“LBM”), filters and related accessories under the In-Service Support Contract awarded to ADG in 2018 (the “JGSR Contract”). The value of this order is…
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](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3806:gujarat-ats-bust-ricin-terror-plot&catid=9)## [Gujarat ATS bust ‘ricin terror plot](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3806:gujarat-ats-bust-ricin-terror-plot&catid=9)
11 November 2025 | Zoe Rutherford
Originally published in the Indian Express The Gujarat Police’s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has allegedly recovered four kilograms of castor-bean mash from a Hyderabad doctor arrested over suspected terror links on 7 November. Three accussed have been arrested for allegedly plotting a terror attack had done a recce of the RSS office in Lucknow, the Agriculture Produce Market Committee in Azadpur…
[Read more](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3806:gujarat-ats-bust-ricin-terror-plot&catid=9)
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](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3769:additional-free-workshp-at-cbrne-convergence-2025&catid=9)## [Additional FREE workshop at CBRNe Convergence 2025](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3769:additional-free-workshp-at-cbrne-convergence-2025&catid=9)
28 October 2025 | Zoe Rutherford
We are pleased to let you know that we are offering a FREE one-hour workshop for Convergence delegates on Tuesday 04 November 11:30hrs – 12:30hrs. The importance and use of ASTM CBRNE Detection, Identification, CBRN Protection and Decontamination Standards and Guidelines - Sponsored by HDT Global Understanding the CBRNE detection, identification, CBRN protection and decontamination standards…
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](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3767:teledyne-flir-defense-to-deliver-portable-chemical-detectors-to-us-customs-and-border-protection-to-aid-in-narcotics-crackdown&catid=9)## [Teledyne FLIR Defense to Deliver Portable Chemical Detectors to US Customs and Border Protection to Aid in Narcotics Crackdown](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3767:teledyne-flir-defense-to-deliver-portable-chemical-detectors-to-us-customs-and-border-protection-to-aid-in-narcotics-crackdown&catid=9)
22 October 2025 | Zoe Rutherford | [Detection](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_tags&view=tag&id%5B0%5D=2:detection), [Threat](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_tags&view=tag&id%5B0%5D=5:threat), [Contract](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_tags&view=tag&id%5B0%5D=21:contract)
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), announced that it has received an order from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for 15 of its Griffin™ G510x portable chemical detectors, specifically designed to analyze and identify explosives and narcotics, such as fentanyl and nitazenes, within five minutes. Provided for CBP’s Laboratory and Scientific Servic…
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## [Cesium-137 contamination spreads with levels thousands of times higher than normal](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3766:cesium-137-contamination-spreads-with-levels-thousands-of-times-higher-than-normal&catid=9)
17 October 2025 | Zoe Rutherford | [Threat](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_tags&view=tag&id%5B0%5D=5:threat), [Radiation](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_tags&view=tag&id%5B0%5D=18:radiation), [cbrn](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_tags&view=tag&id%5B0%5D=87:cbrn)
Originally posted by https://www.asianews.it/ Indonesian authorities have declared a state of emergency in Cikande after unprecedented levels of Cesium-137 were detected at the Modern Cikande Industrial Estate. Nine workers were exposed to the radioactive isotope, while scores have families have been evacuated. The government has deployed special decontamination units and launched an investigati…
[Read more](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3766:cesium-137-contamination-spreads-with-levels-thousands-of-times-higher-than-normal&catid=9)
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