The Defense Strategies Institute will host the 5th Annual EOD/IED & Countermine Symposium on November 14-15, 2017 in Alexandria, Virginia. “Advancing Counter-IED Capabilities & Decision Support at Home and Abroad” is this year’s driving theme, [Read more]
Topics in this issue of CBRNE Particles include measuring radiation dose exposure in mass casualty emergencies, Counter-IED jamming systems, and streamlining pandemic vaccine development. RADIOLOGICAL + NUCLEAR EPA Publishes Two Essential Communication Resources for Radiation [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 microchips. Terahertz spectroscopy, [Read more]
The U.S. Army has released a competitive solicitation to establish an agreement with a single new or established consortium to develop and mature technologies which support Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD). The consortium for [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]
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 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]
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]
Topics in this issue of CBRNE Particles include Facebook’s role in disaster response, radiation readings at Fukushima, and FirstNet issues for congress. RESEARCH + TECH 3D Printing as an Emerging Homeland Security Risk Because CAD [Read more]
A new cooperative research and development program to advance Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detection technologies was recently launched under the auspices of the European Defence Agency (EDA). Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands, Poland, and Norway signed an [Read more]
The U.S. Department of Defense is planning to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) in support of the Next Generation Chemical Detector 1 (NGCD1) program in mid-February 2017. NGCD1, now named XM12 Aerosol & Vapor [Read more]
The American Chemistry Society’s 254th ACS National Meeting & Exposition will be held August 21-25, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event features more than 7,000 presentations and draws an estimated 11,000 to 13,000 chemists, chemical [Read more]
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