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Iran: BREAKOUT time
Samantha Rubinsztejn recounts Iran’s latest nuclear developments For the first time since the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran began enriching uranium at 20% at its Fordow facility in January 2021. According to the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), the country is able...
Covid-19: Breaking the camel’s back
Zyg Dembek investigates the extent of stresses put on healthcare and first responders during the Covid-19 pandemic The past year has been highly stressful for all healthcare workers and first responders globally. When the first Covid-19 pandemic wave struck, no...
SEC Technologies – Our focus is stand-off
At SEC Technologies we are continuously redefining stand-off detection. In 2016 we introduced the Falcon 4G stand-off detector with its new-generation eye-safe lasers. Falcon brought the usability of an active stand-off detection to the civil space and increased...
THE SEQUEL nobody wants to see
Deborah Carr assesses the onslaught and effects of evolving SARS-CoV-2 variants Eighteen months into the pandemic, scientists, policy makers and the public at large are concerned about variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that have appeared and spread globally. Could...
North Korea forges ahead
Eric Gomez analyses recent tests in the North Korean missile programme and asks what comes next In early January 2021, at the 8th Party Congress - a landmark political event where the world’s most secretive state sets forth its goals for the next five years – a report...
CBNW talks to Prof. Dr Levent Kenar, Chairman of the Turkish CBRN Defence Platform
CBNW: How and why you became involved in the CBRN Sector? LK: After graduation from the Military Medical Faculty of Gulhane Military Medical Academy (GMMA). I have worked as a military doctor in Turkish Military Forces for more than 30 years. During my military...
SPOTLIGHT ARTICLE – Full digital integration
David Oliver talks to Nils-Erik Lindblom, former major in the Swedish armed forces and currently Senior Director of Sales CBRN, Land Systems at leading Swedish defence company Saab. Saab serves the market with world-leading products, services and solutions from...
SPOTLIGHT ARTICLE – Raman Empire
David Oliver talks to Stefan Sandor, CEO of Serstech AB. The Swedish-based company Serstech develops and produces handheld Raman Spectrometers that identify hazardous chemicals, explosives and narcotics. The company is part of a consortium that has recently been...
The long haul
Deborah Carr examines the long-term effects of coronavirus infection. ‘Long Haulers’ or ‘Long Covid’ are terms coined to describe those still struggling to recover from Covid-19 symptoms months after being infected. In July 2020 Chinese researchers launched one of the...
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SPECIAL XPLOSIVE SUPPLEMENT: X-ray integration
VCsecurity presents a sophisticated solution for Counter-IED professionals and explains how combined radiography systems can effectively meet operational needs New developments in integration capabilities of a portable DR (digital radiography) system – that can be...
SEC Technologies – Our focus is stand-off
At SEC Technologies we are continuously redefining stand-off detection. In 2016 we introduced the Falcon 4G stand-off detector with its new-generation eye-safe lasers. Falcon brought the usability of an active stand-off detection to the civil space and increased...
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The Textile Research Institute (Spain) will lead a European Defence Agency research project in the field of nuclear, biological and chemical protection (NBC)
Alcoy (Spain) (27.04.21) The European Defence Agency (EDA) has awarded the Textile Research Institute of the Valencia region in Spain (AITEX), as a consortium leader, the framework contract for the provision of services in the field of "NBC Protection Research and...
Countering the threat of CBRN
The UK Integrated Review/Command Paper published on 22 March stated that chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) weapon use remains an enduring and growing threat to the UK, deployed forces and international stability. To counter this threat the UK will...
FLIR to Team with Purdue University to Develop Novel Ion Separation and Analysis Technologies with Funding from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency
ARLINGTON, Va., March 18, 2021 ― FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced it has won a contract worth up to $8.0 million from the United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Joint Science and Technology Office (DTRA JSTO) to rapidly develop next-generation...