Explosives
Security forces in the Indian state of Manipur have recovered 19 IEDs and seized shipments of heroin and opium in various operations over the last seven day. Forces seized 18 IEDs in Tengnoupal district on Wednesday 29 April. During the operation they also recovered two single barrel rifles, four 9mm
Explosives
A World War II-era bomb weighing some 250kg has been safely disposed of in a controlled explosion in Plymouth, southwest England. The bomb was discovered on a building site in the Southway area of the city on Wednesday afternoon, 29 April, and led to the two-day evacuation of
CBRN
The German federal government has announced that they are providing 20 vehicles for CBRN hazard response and decontamination to authorities in the states of Bavaria, Baden-Würrtemberg and Rheinland-Pfalz. The official handover took place at the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Relief in Bonn, where the German
Industry
The US company Applied Research Associates (ARA) has announced that they are supporting the development of CBVR2, a virtual world technology platform that will enhance readiness and transform how US Department of Defense instructors and planners prepare personnel for complex CBRN environments. In a press release from 29 April, ARA
Industry
Stratom, a developer of autonomous robotic systems for defence applications, has been awarded a US Army contract to develop the "Autonomous Decontamination System" (ADS), a robotic platform designed to modernise CBRN washdown operations in contested environments. According to a press release published by Stratom, "current decontamination processes
Exercises & Events
Uzbekistan and the European Union have concluded a three-day exercise in the city of Samarkand to build response capacity to CBRN incidents during major events. The exercise was carried out in cooperation with the government of Uzbekistan via the EU CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence. According to information
Exercises & Events
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons' (OPCW) CHEMEX GRULAC exercise, a large‑scale, multi-component chemical emergency preparedness and response exercise for first responders and health professionals from across Latin America and the Caribbean, has commenced in the Dominican Republic. Taking place from 27 April to 7
Exercises & Events
The Danish Armed Forces and civil emergency services conducted an exercise last week in the city of Aarhus to strengthen cooperation between themselves in the event of war and crisis. According to a news release from the Danish Armed Forces, participants were trained to identify and handle injuries related to
Industry
Teledyne FLIR Defense has announced the expansion of its "Third-Party Payload Integration Program" with the certification of Emesent’s Hovermap LiDAR payload, delivering Emesent’s GPS-denied 3D-mapping capabilities across Teledyne FLIR’s unmanned aerial systems, ground robots and radiation detection platforms. According to a press
CBRN
Demolition works at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, which was the centrepiece of the United States' destruction of its chemical weapons stockpiles, began on 15 April. According to DVIDS, the demolition subcontractor, Independence Excavating, is tearing down the main plant, while the first structures to come
Exercises & Events
Firefighters and emergency first responders belonging to the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs' Emergency Situations Management Service have conducted a three-day full-scale CBRN exercise at a chemical plant in Rustavi, south-east of the capital city, Tbilisi. According to the Georgian public broadcaster 1TV, the training, which
CBRN
A number of toxic and radioactive chemicals were discovered in a basement of a house in Prague, Czech Republic, on Saturday 25 April. Mercury, cyanide, arsenic, radioactive thorium and picric acid, which was once used as an explosive in military ordnance, were found during the cleanup of the basement on