Anti-Poisoning Treatment for First Responders
A first-of-its-kind treatment for the life-threatening effects of cyanide poisoning will be developed soon. The treatment is needed because cyanide could be used as...
U.S. Military Orders Troops To Prepare For Chemical Attacks
Countless articles have been written predicting a grim future where biological and chemical weapons may end up in terrorists’ hands. That future may already...
New Contract for Small UGV Supply to US Army
Man-transportable robots have become more and more widespread in military operations. A supplier of battle-tested UGVs was recently awarded a contract for the supply...
DHS To Test Bioterror Airflow in New York Subway
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) will conduct a week-long airflow study, starting today, in portions of the New...
Unmanned Technologies Increase Risk of Mass Destruction Weapons
Fears from the use of weapons of mass destruction by terrorists have risen following the United Nations' deputy chief warning issued recently. These could...
New Measures, Old Problems
The possibility of a chemical attack in a central urban venue has accelerated US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) efforts to develop more security...
Europe Preparing for A Different Sort of Terrorist Attack
Following the Christmas market attack in Berlin, the German government issued a paper stating the country is at “high risk” of terrorist attacks carried...
Uniform of The Future – Breathable and Protective
In work that aims to protect soldiers from biological and chemical threats, a group of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists has created a material...
Lingacom Awarded 1 Million Euro for Muon-Based Vehicle Scanning Solution
Lingacom, a developer and manufacturer of muon-based detection solutions, announced that it has been awarded a 1 million Euro contract by the European Commission’s...
Creative Anti-Chemical Weapon in Development
The Syrian civil war has brought chemical weapons back to the center stage in terms of international arsenals and defense methods. The U.S. military...
ISIS’ Chemical Weapons Chief Captured
US Special Forces captured Sleiman Daud al-Afari, the head of ISIS’ chemical weapons unit. Al-Afari worked for Saddam Hussein’s Military Industrialization Authority, specialising in...
Will the Advanced Security Robot Replace Security Teams?
A new automated security robot was launched at an international show in Florida. INTELLOS Automated Unmanned Ground Vehicle (A-UGV) for security was produced by...
ISIS Chemical Weapons Plant Bombarded by the US
The US bombarded an ISIS chemical weapons plant that was housed in a converted pharmaceutical factory in the vicinity of Mosul, Iraq.
US Air Force...
Cruise Missiles – The Weapon System That Sends a Message
By ARIE EGOZI
At least 59 cruise missiles hit the Syrian airbase from where the US intelligence believes a deadly chemical weapons attack was launched...
Chemical and Explosives Detectors – Autonomous Vehicles Compatible Kit
Some of the most dangerous threats encountered by the military, law enforcement, first responders and emergency personnel - like toxic, airborne chemicals - are often...
The Solution for Chemical Warfare Agents Neutralization?
A DARPA program, developing a system for on-site neutralization of bulk stores of chemical warfare agents (CWA), has successfully demonstrated a waterless soil-scrubbing technology...
Innovative Method to Discover Dangerous Materials
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in the U.S. have been working for nearly a decade on methods to...
Diplomats Blame Assad For Employing Chemical Weapons
Despite publicly dismantling his chemical weapons stockpiles, and despite repeated assurances from his Russian partners that he has long since stopped using deadly gas...
New UAVs to Detect Radiation and Chemical Agents
FlyCam UAV launched two new UAVs. The Cypher 6, a commercial-grade hexacopter, and the NEO, an all-weather commercial co-axial octocopter. The new developments can...
New Automated Means to Neutralize Old Chemical Weapons
The U.S. Army is using two state-of-the-art pilot plants, based on robots, in order to dispose of what remains of the more than 30,000...
Russia Brings Out “Big Guns” to Syrian Civil war
According to Russian Defense, Sergei Shoigu’s interview for sputniknews, Admiral Grigorovich frigate targeted terrorists in Syria with Kalibr cruise missile strikes.
Last December the...
Forecast – Growth in Nano-Sensors CBRNE Detection Market
The market of sensor detection of toxic gases, bio toxins and explosives is expected to grow, finds Frost & Sullivan's TechVision team. This forecast...
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A research team at Texas A&M University has developed the world’s first metallic gel — a new class of material that combines the strength...
