The Sly Fox program is an Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Naval Innovative Science and Engineering funded rapid prototyping program intended to develop the science and engineering workforce while applying their talents to known technology [Read more]
The European Space Agency is soliciting proposals for a feasibility study assessing the technical and economic viability of deploying services based on Satellite Communications, Satellite Navigation, Earth Observation data, and/or other space assets to support [Read more]
Characterizing a particular harmful agent in the air can be difficult, delaying response time to a biological or chemical incident or attack. The Optical Particle Trap (OPT), developed by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Joint [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 Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground has announced intentions to award a sole-source contract to CDS Analytical in support of the CBRNE Analytical and Remediation Activity (CARA), located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The [Read more]
Highly specialized analysis of residues can be a means of providing evidence to convict perpetrators of chemical attacks. Similar techniques can also help bring illicit drug traffickers to justice. This burgeoning field of chemical forensics [Read more]
This week marked the official opening of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate’s (DHS S&T) Test & Evaluation Laboratory building at the Transportation Security Laboratory (TSL). Located at the William J. Hughes [Read more]
A technique for detecting enriched uranium with lasers could help regulators sniff out illicit nuclear activities from as far as a couple of miles away. Researchers have shown that a technique often used to identify [Read more]
Researchers have developed a fast way to detect the presence of organophosphate nerve agents in the field using a disposable “lab-on-a-glove.” Highly toxic nerve agents, such as sarin and VX, can prevent the nervous system [Read more]
The largest test deployment of vehicle-mounted radiation detectors was successfully completed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) SIGMA program last month in Washington, D.C. Beginning in July 2016, D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical [Read more]
Topics in this issue of CBRNE Particles include reports of VX nerve agent use in assassination, Bill Gates on pandemic preparedness, and a spotlight on the WC-135 nuke sniffer plane. CHEMICAL WEAPONS VX Murder in [Read more]
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