Exercises & Events
India's Central Industrial Security Force led a multi-agency mock CBRN exercise on Friday 20 March. The exercise centred around a spillage of radioactive material at Vadodara Airport's Cargo Complex. Announcing the exercise on X, the Central Industrial Security Force said that the exercise "aimed
Industry
A joint venture led by Amentum has won a new framework contract as the lead decommissioning and waste management contractor for nuclear research sites in four European countries. According to a press released issued by Amentum on 10 March, under the $112 million contract awarded by the European Commission Joint
CBRN
A group of western and Middle Eastern nations have announced a Syrian-led task force to identify and destroy the remnants of the country's chemical weapons programme inherited from the ousted regime of Bashar Al Assad. During a special ceremony at the United Nations in New York on
Industry
The Joint CBRN Defence Centre of Excellence in Vyškov, Czech Republic, hosted an international radiological and nuclear training for emergency response on 16-20 March, during which FLIR radionuclide identification devices were spotted being used. Twenty-three participants from seven countries across all services took part in the week-long
Industry
Lunai Bioworks has announced the formation of a national consortium designed to accelerate the discovery and development of chemical countermeasures for emerging battlefield and terrorism threats. Announced in a press release on Thursday 19 March, The Pathfinder Consortium will be "a national academic–industry alliance designed to consolidate historically
Explosives
The threat of IEDs and cholera-related misinformation continue to persist amidst ongoing violence and volatility in northern Mozambique. According to a report released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Thursday 19 March, three IED incidents were reported in February in the settlements of
Explosives
Nigerian police in the southern state of Imo have recovered over 300 IEDs, arrested 75 people and killed two further suspects in an operation throughout February and March. This is according to the local outlet PM News Nigeria. Speaking about the operation on Wednesday 18 March at police headquarters in
Exercises & Events
Airmen from the US Air Force's public affairs agency conducted medical and CBRN training during the Scorpion Lens 26 exercise at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, on 17 March. According to information from the US Department of War's Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS), Scorpion Lens
Exercises & Events
Soldiers and airmen from the Virginia National Guard (VNG) conducted a CBRN defence exchange with Finnish forces from 23 February - 7 March in Finland, taking part in two training exercises in as many weeks. According to information published by the Virginia National Guard, the exchange was conducted in support of
Industry
The British-American defence solutions and training provider DarkForge Defence has announced TRIDENT, an advanced programmable auto-inflation device designed to significantly enhance safety, efficiency and precision across EOD and wider subsea operations. According to an announcement posted on LinkedIn by DarkForge Defence founder and owner Andy Peat, TRIDENT "
Explosives
At least 23 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a triple IED explosion in the city of Maiduguri, in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State, at 19:24 on Monday evening, 16 March. Borno State Police Command's public relations officer, ASP Nahum Kenneth Daso,
Exercises & Events
The EU CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence Initiative successfully organised a sub-regional training focused on operational chemical risk management in Cotonou, Benin, from 23-27 February 2026. Organised by the African Atlantic Façade Regional Secretariat, the training brought together a number of first responders from Benin, Cameroon, Gabon