Italy’s largest airport, Rome’s Fiumicino International Airport ‘Leonardo da Vinci’,is seeing passengers speed through security screening following the deployment of the HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX carry-on baggage screening technology from Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat detection and security screening technologies. Fiumicino International Airport was recently awarded 5-Star by Skytrax and has...
On Thursday (30 March 2023), NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană and UK Minister for Defence Procurement Alex Chalk opened the first regional office of NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) at the Imperial College London Innovation Hub.
Located in the White City Innovation District, the European...
"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, advance the development of...
The UK and US are working on technology that could be used to provide early warning protection for cities and major events
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has led a unique trial on behalf of the UK Home Office and the Department for Transport. The trial took place...
(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 is co-authored by Dan Smith, SIPRI Director, and Rod Schoonover, CEO of...
LIFT, a US Department of Defense (DoD) national manufacturing innovation institute based in Detroit, Michigan, has announced that it has taken delivery of a Massbox from Exum Instruments, Denver, Colorado. The Massbox, a mass spectrometer designed for easy use on solid materials, will be situated...
Block MEMS, LLC (Block) has been awarded a $2.2 million contract by Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) to further develop and supply an advanced spectrometer using Block's proprietary Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs).
The program will build on Block's recently concluded contract "Standoff Illuminator for Measuring Absorbance...
New single-gas wearable receives international accolades for excellence in design, innovation, and industrial hygiene
Blackline Safety Corp a global leader in connected safety technology, today announced its recently launched G6 single-gas detector has been recognized for innovative product design by Red Dot, and for outstanding product development in the area of...
The Pentagon has said that a picture that featured in a report by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) on Monday about apparent damage to a US nuclear bomb at a Dutch airbase was a dummy weapon used for training emergency response teams.
Director Christopher Wray has named Susan Ferensic as the assistant director of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate (WMDD) at FBI Headquarters. Ms. Ferensic most recently served as the special agent in charge of the Columbia Field Office in South Carolina.
The WMDD leads the FBI’s efforts to mitigate threats...
Below is the full satement made by H.E. Ambassador Maksym Kononenko, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the OPCW at the 102nd session of the Executive Council
Mr Chairperson, Director-General, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen,
I am honored to be a part of today’s discussion on the threat of chemical weapons usage. The Russian Federation is...