Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat detection and security screening technologies, and a business of Smiths Group, today announces that its state-of-the-art IONSCAN 600 detectors will be tested by the Polish railway, PKP Group. The six-month pilot, the first in Poland, will help develop standards for future anti-terrorism and anti-sabotage systems, strengthening the protection of critical infrastructure. The equipment was loaned by the Directorate General for Home Affairs and Migration (DG HOME) of the European Commission, which initiated the project. The IONSCAN 600 detectors will be used to assess and develop security practices for the railway system, with a [...]

Blackline Safety Corp., a global leader in connected safety technology, has released a new whitepaper entitled Navigating Radiation Risks: Key Concepts for Protecting Workers and Responders in an effort to mitigate radiation exposure for fire-hazmat and first responder teams. Designed as a strategic playbook, the whitepaper aims to help teams assess and react to the rising threat of radiation exposure to better protect workers, the public and the environment.“For those on the front line, such as first responders, hazmat teams, and workers in industrial fields like mining and oil and gas, there’s an increased risk of accidental exposure to dangerous levels [...]

Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), announced it has been awarded a five-year, $168.3 million Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Army for low-rate initial production to upgrade the M1135 Stryker’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle (NBCRV) Sensor Suite. The company also received its first delivery order,valued at $7.5 million.   Teledyne FLIR is the lead integrator in modernizing the Army’s NBCRV system with improved and autonomous chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) sensors. The company had earlier delivered initial Sensor Suite upgrade prototypes for government testing. Successful test results led to it [...]

Avon Protection, has been awarded three contracts by the DoD’s ASPIRE HMI (Advanced System for Protection and Integrated Reduction of Encumbrances Hood/Mask Interface) program, which is executed by JPEO-CBRND. The three contracts will cover the design and development of a solution to optimize integration between currently fielded M50 and M53A1 CBRN protective masks and CBRN protective garment hoods on a CBRN suit.“The risk a customer faces when procuring protective equipment as individual systems from different suppliers is that there are potential integration issues at the points at which these different systems meet, no matter how advanced each individual system is,” [...]

Emergency response teams worldwide use different tools and personal protective equipment including mobile gas detectors to warn the rescuers from dangerous gas concentrations. Dräger mobile gas detectors are produced for a wide range of industries, including the Fire Service, Mining/ Mine Rescue and Industry. Rescue teams in those industries have a growing demand for realistic training including portable gas detection. To satisfy this rising demand for safe, repeatable and effective training, Dräger and Argon have cooperated to create the X-am 2x00/ 5x00 series Multi Gas training simulator which looks, feels, acts and alarms like real portable multi gas detectors Dräger [...]

Did you know that CBRNe World has a Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealCBRNeWorld/featured ? In addition to various conference related videos, we are also going to take advantage of the Google Notebook AI function to bring you generated podcasts! We are feeding back issues of the magazine into the system, where it 'reads' the entire issue, finds themes and motifs and turns them into a conversation between two 'radio hosts.' It's genuinely interesting as to what the system spots and elaborates on... so even if you have read the issue go have a listen (approx 10mins) to see what they found important!   [...]

Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat detection and security screening technologies, and a business of Smiths Group, in partnership with Riskaware, an incident modelling specialist, have today launched UrbanAware, an end-to-end platform to augment, integrate and digitise the delivery of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) hazard intelligence in real time during an incident. This joint solution not only closes the gap between data collection, analysis and strategic awareness of CBRN threats, it also brings insights closer to the tactical edge, enabling stakeholders to quickly identify and understand chemical and other hazards in the field. Threats can be seen [...]