CBRN

Project PROACTIVE: An Inclusive Human-Centered Approach in CBRNe Preparedness and Response 

By Grigore Havarneanu PROACTIVE stands for “PReparedness against CBRNE threats through cOmmon Approaches between security praCTItioners and the VulnerablE civil society”. It was a Research...

CBW Defense on the “Circuit” 

By Kevin Cresswell Executive Protection (EP), Close Protection (CP), The “Circuit” or VIP Protection, however you term it, is not just concerned with conventional threats....

CBRNe Medical Countermeasures 2001 to Date – A Reflection 

By David Bates David Bates addresses how actors can counter an adversary’s desired effects through information manoeuvre, as well as traditional defensive methods by exploiting...

MIRA and IBEX: Out of the Lab and into the Unknown

Securing dangerous sites is the ultimate goal in any sensitive site exploitation (SSE) directive. SSE missions include three main components: enter the site, assess the environment, and collect and identify materials, writes Metrohm.

908 Devices Launches Remote and Continuous Area Monitoring for Aerosol and Vapor Detection

The Boston-based chemical and biochemical analytics company 908 Devices has announced the launch of MX908 Beacon, a unique remote area monitoring system that can...

U.S. Department of Defense Selects Kaléo to Develop Next Generation Nerve Agent Countermeasure

Kaléo, a privately-held U.S. pharmaceutical company, announced in July that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has selected them to develop a Reconstitution Auto-Injector...

A UGV for Extreme CBRNe Situations – A Case Study

By Zvonko Orehovec Colonel (Ret.) Zvonko Orehovec, Chief Technical Expert at DOK-ING, talks about remotely controlled, unmanned ground-based vehicles (UGVs) that can be used in...

Developing New Antidotes for New Threats 

By SERB Pharmaceuticals. With newly acquired R&D capabilities, SERB is developing a pipeline of antidotes. In 2001, SERB, a leader in emergency care antidotes and CBRN...

Civil Nuclear Security Risk in an Increasingly Unstable World 

By Dr. Paul Dorfman, Chair, Nuclear Consulting Group As the established nuclear order gradually breaks apart and co-operative security increasingly takes a back seat to...

Chemical Weapons: Nation-State Targets 

By Andy Oppenheimer, former editor, CBNW  How should we handle a nerve agent attack? Andy Oppenheimer looks back on the 2018 Novichok attacks in Salisbury...

CBRNe Incident – A Complex Crime Scene Part II

By Mr. Kevin Cresswell, Independent Consultant, USA  “CBRNe decision making will eventually need to balance mission focus and forensic integrity with political/social priorities and the...

Looking back at NCT Europe 2023

NCT Europe took place between 24-26 May 2023 at the Onderzeebootloods, in the biggest port of Europe, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Over these three days,...

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