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 Macomia
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
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 "represents a
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 and Sierra
CBRN
Approximately 200 litres of the highly toxic herbicide Paraquat were spilled on a highway in Dorris, California, on Tuesday morning 17 March. The spill led to the Siskiyou County sheriff's office issuing a shelter-in-place order while emergency responders and cleanup crews worked the incident scene. The order was
Exercises & Events
Seventy-eight participants took part in a specialised CBRN training for West Bengal National Volunteer Force personnel at the Central Civil Defence Training Institute in Kolkata on Monday, 16 March. A post on X from the 2nd Battalion of India's National Disaster Response Force said that the training focused
CBRN
Representatives of the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency have visited officials belonging to Kenya's National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) to introduce their chemical security programme and explore areas of collaboration with NEMA and other partner agencies. According to information published by NEMA, the meeting on 17 March highlighted
Industry
The Czech manufacturers of CBRN protective equipment, EGO Zlín and Gumárny Zubří, presented their technologies to partners in Sweden and representatives of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MCF) on 12 March 2026. Taking place at the Czech embassy in Stockholm, the event was moderated by deputy ambassador Jaromír Vejrych and