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 microchips. Terahertz spectroscopy, [Read more]
Explosive ordnance disposal technicians from across the globe gathered last week at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Georgia for the annual Eastern National Robot Rodeo. The event was sponsored by the Technical Support Working Group [Read more]
More than 30 local, state and federal explosive detection canine teams took part in specialized training this month at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, hosted in conjunction with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and [Read more]
A new Explosives Handler Training program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), conducted in partnership with Texas A&M Engineering Extension (TEEX), honored their inaugural class of graduates this month. LLNL has conducted training of this sort independently [Read more]
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is interested in receiving proposals for the Department of Defense (DoD) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Science and Technology Program. ONR develops and demonstrates emerging technologies for DoD EOD functional [Read more]
The Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD) has announced intentions to award a contract to procure and maintain SEEKERe Explosive Detection Kits. The estimated 498 SEEKERe kits support [Read more]
The 48th Annual Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Memorial Ceremony was hosted May 6 by the Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal. The ceremony was held at the EOD Memorial next to the Kauffman EOD Training Complex [Read more]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a contract under a Broad Agency Announcement supporting a “Man-portable Bottom Mobility Platform for UXO Investigations” project. The effort is overseen by the DOD’s Environmental Security Technology [Read more]
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), a U.S. Department of Transportation agency, is looking for innovative ideas for leading-edge research and innovative techniques to advance the safe transportation of hazardous materials. Research priorities [Read more]
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Combating Terrorism Division of the Research and Development Directorate would like to establish a contract with a range facility to conduct testing of fielded Department of Defense (DoD) Energetic [Read more]
The Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division has awarded new funding to the Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) in support of the Joint Service Explosive Ordnance Disposal Counter Radio Controlled Improvised [Read more]
By Laura Finney A chemistry department at a British university was recently evacuated after a student made the known explosive, TATP. The chemical, tri-cyclic acetone peroxide, or TATP, was made by accident as the product of [Read more]
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