20th Support Command: News
CBRNE soldiers pushed to limit during Best Warrior Competition
2012 Monaco Grand Prix IED scare
EOD technicians called to Formula One track after discovery of suspect package
FLIR Press Release
FLIR Systems Awarded US Army Contract Valued at Up to $38 Million to Support MEDEVAC Operations
Synthetic scent hounds
Nanostructured sensor for the detection of very low concentrations of explosive
Morpho Detection Press Release
U.K. DfT Certifies MDI Itemiser DX Explosives Trace Detector for Air Cargo Screening
Commander announced for JTFCS
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No Sh*t Sherlock!
Andrew Johnston is pleased to see that the level of political understanding of CBRN incidents remains worryingly low…
CBRNe Procurement Watch 30 Jan12
France: Requirement for high spec explosive analysis equipment
US: Vehicle X-Ray image processing
Daily Procurement Watch
French explosive detection requirement and DHS Biowatch opportunity.
Procurement opportunities
CBRNe World's latest round up of procurement opportunities. 4 main opportunities.
Check your package Sir?
Smiths land a modest contract (£346,000) for supplying baggage and explosive screening equipment to the MOD in Oxfordshire
Rapid Development of New Formulations to enable Counter-HME operations
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.
...Nabco get into Abu Dhabi
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
...Morpho makes it number 4
Morpho announced their fourth TSA order for their Next-Gen Itemiser DC Explosive Trace Detection System. This was the fourth delivery order under an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity order that they originally won for 1,200 Itemiser DX. The new award, worth $32 million, follows the
...Take a Chair
Cassidian, the new name for European Defence giant EADS’ Defence and Security Division, announced that they have set up an Innovation Works to promote Security Research. They have also endowed a Chair of Detection Technology at Bonn-Rhine-Sieg University of Applied Science, and are interested
...Nabco’s TCV approved by DDESB
The Department of Defense’s Explosive Safety Board (DDESB) has approved Nabco’s Total Containment Vessels across the US military services. While the TCV has been used by various militaries for decades they feel that this seal of approval will allow greater access to their equipment, streamline
...A bottom explosion
A new MO has been isolated in suicide bombers after the failed assassination of Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Nayef. The suicide bomber had hidden the explosives in his anal cavity, with it presumably set off by some form of remote control (since the bomber was in a crowd at the time), and while
...“He who defends everything, defends nothing” – Frederick the Great
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the alleged bomber of a Detroit plane, will put another nail into the coffin of easy air travel and spell millions of pounds/dollars/euros in improvements in airport security equipment. After attempting to ignite explosives stored in his pants (no sniggering at the
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