by blloyd | Jul 20, 2020 | Article, Country Focus, Defense, Protection, Special Feature, Technology
The second qualifying stage of the 2020 “Safe environment” competition among nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) reconnaissance crews has been completed in the Airborne troops within the framework of the Army International Games-2020. Competitions were...
by blloyd | Jul 20, 2020 | Defense, Press Release, Technology
Joint EDA/European Space Agency (ESA) Autonomous Drone Services in CBRNe Operation (AUDROS) project edges closer. AUDROS was one of the awarded teams of the one-year feasibility study contract worth €350,000. The Consortium was made up of four partners: the two Czech...
by blloyd | Jul 20, 2020 | Chemical, Defense, Press Release, Technology
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced on 15 July it has been awarded a full-rate production option worth $21.8 million on an indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with the United States Army. FLIR will deliver its Agentase C2 disclosure spray to detect G-...
by blloyd | Jul 13, 2020 | Article, Chemical, Defense, Protection
Chlorine, mustard, sulphur-mustard and worse have been used in Iraq and Syria by state actors and non-state actors such as Daesh. While state actors like the Syrian regime have access to documented and suspected chemical munitions facilities, non-state actors rely...
by blloyd | Jul 13, 2020 | Article, Defense
The prevalence of IEDs in Afghanistan and Iraq, combined with their simplicity, resulted in these devices being difficult to detect and extremely deadly. During these campaigns unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs – ‘drones’) were also deployed against Coalition forces in...
by blloyd | Mar 20, 2020 | Country Focus, Defense, Press Release, Technology
The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) announced on 29 March that more than 15,000 additional units of the Silvershield counter-improvised explosive device (C-IED) system will be delivered to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) this year....
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