The Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) team of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) visited one of the sites in Douma, Syria today to collect samples for analysis in connection with [Read more]
The Oregon National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) recently teamed up with the Montana National Guard to practice and enhance their skills during exercise [Read more]
Marines stationed in Yamaguchi, Japan recently practiced their skills conducting a hot refuel on F-35B Lightning II aircraft while wearing CBRN Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) gear. A hot refuel is a [Read more]
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has awarded a three-year contract renewal worth $1.23 million for advanced development of a ToxTool system that characterizes potential chemical threats. The ToxTool system is a [Read more]
The U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) Explosive Ordnance Division (EOD) Division is currently seeking sources for several inert, prototype EOD training aids for packages and training requirements. ARDEC-EOD [Read more]
Detailed Aircraft Decontamination (DAD) of chemical or biological weapons is a five station, five-stage process consisting of a primary rinse, application of the decontamination soap, scrub of the aircraft, a second rinse [Read more]
SRC, Inc. was recently awarded a follow-on contract from the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to continue developing accurate hazard prediction models for chemical threats. Under this contract, SRC will improve [Read more]
The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) has awarded a contract to Government Scientific Source, Inc. for spectrometers to support the mission of the Army’s CBRNE Analytical Remediation Activity [Read more]
Despite the proven interesting features of some biocompatible Metal-Organic Framework nanocarriers in the encapsulation and release of many different therapeutic molecules, nerve agent antidotes have not been adequately addressed. Organophosphate compounds are [Read more]
The U.S. Department of Defense is conducting a market research to identify potential decontamination trailers for the National Guard’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (WMD CSTs). Under a new Request [Read more]
First Line Technology and Federal Resources have announced a strategic partnership to provide a greater selection of decontamination and personal cooling technologies. Federal Resources will help First Line Technology distribute Dahlgren Decon, [Read more]
For more than 20 years, Qing Hu, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT, and his group have been working on sources of terahertz radiation that can be etched onto [Read more]
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