Chemical weapon

Smiths Detection innovation allows for the mobile detection of explosives, narcotics and super toxic chemicals

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Technology, Air, Security, Transport, Other Health, Other Travel, Hardware, Health, Travel, Laboratory, XID, HAZMAT, Fentanyl, Environment, Chemical substance, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Chemical weapon, Narcotic, CBRN defense, Smiths Group, LCD, Organization, Television, Electronics

Smiths Detection , a global leader in threat detection and security screening technology, today announces the launch of its latest chemical agent identifier, Lightweight Chemical Detector (LCD) 4 alongside the LCD XID extension.

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  • Smiths Detection , a global leader in threat detection and security screening technology, today announces the launch of its latest chemical agent identifier, Lightweight Chemical Detector (LCD) 4 alongside the LCD XID extension.
  • This will expand the detection capabilities of the LCD to include street narcotics, explosives, pharmaceuticals, and other super toxic chemical threats.
  • The LCD series is the most widely deployed personal chemical detector globally, over 100,000 detectors are in service with operators in 58 different countries.
  • Smiths Detection’s Defence Market Director, Michael Lea, said: “The LCD 4 and the XID have been developed to respond to the changing threat environment.

Battelle’s Sydney Corkran Receives Dr. Billy Richardson Award for Young Nuclear, Biological, Chemical (NBC) Researchers

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Thursday, April 22, 2021
Technology, Research, Other Defense, Contracts, Security, Other Technology, Other Science, Science, Defense, Chemical warfare, Bioethics, Biological warfare, LabWare, Weapon of mass destruction, Chemical weapon, Physical sciences, Natural sciences, Human behavior

b'Battelle Research Scientist and Microbiologist Sydney Corkran is the 2020 recipient of the Dr. Billy Richardson Young NBC Researcher Award.\nThe award, given by the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Industry Group, was established to honor Richardson by recognizing exceptional young leaders with dedication to activities involving education and commitment to NBC defense.

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  • b'Battelle Research Scientist and Microbiologist Sydney Corkran is the 2020 recipient of the Dr. Billy Richardson Young NBC Researcher Award.\nThe award, given by the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Industry Group, was established to honor Richardson by recognizing exceptional young leaders with dedication to activities involving education and commitment to NBC defense.
  • Since then, she has contributed to and led a variety of programs in chemical and biological research and was promoted to the position of research scientist.
  • It focuses on CWA/BWA History, Labware, Biological Warfare Agents, Chemical Warfare Agents, Clandestine Drug Labs, and Homemade Explosives.
  • As a regional lead she mentored and instructed 47 CCDS site leads on technical requirements, site management, stakeholder and customer interactions.

Armis Biopharma Announces Grant Award from the National Institutes of Health

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Monday, November 9, 2020
Chemical warfare, Chemical weapon, Biological warfare, Nature, Branches of science

FORT COLLINS, Colo., Nov. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Armis Biopharma, Inc. announced that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded the company a grant in the amount of $423,048 to support development of a novel product for skin decontamination after exposure to chemical warfare agents.

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  • FORT COLLINS, Colo., Nov. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Armis Biopharma, Inc. announced that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded the company a grant in the amount of $423,048 to support development of a novel product for skin decontamination after exposure to chemical warfare agents.
  • This is the first phase of a $2.1 million grant.
  • With the increasing threat of terrorism, the development of countermeasures for the event of a chemical attack on civilians has become a high priority.
  • Mass casualty events in which chemical warfare agents (CWA) would be employed in an attack on a civilian population are a concrete risk.

U.S. Army Awards $21.8M Production Contract to FLIR Systems for Nerve Agent Disclosure Spray

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Thursday, July 16, 2020
Contracts, Chemicals, Plastics, Defense, Manufacturing, Chemistry, Physical sciences, Natural sciences, Chemical warfare, FLIR Systems, Sulfur mustard, Nerve agent, Blister agent, Chemical weapon, Forward-looking infrared, Sulfur

FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced it has been awarded a full-rate production option worth $21.8 million on an indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with the United States (U.S.) Army.

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  • FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced it has been awarded a full-rate production option worth $21.8 million on an indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with the United States (U.S.) Army.
  • FLIR will deliver its Agentase C2 disclosure spray to detect G- and V-series nerve agents, highly toxic chemical warfare agents.
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    FLIR Agentase C2 spray quickly changes color on a surface if a chemical warfare agent is present.
  • In September 2019, FLIR announced a $35.1 million contract with the U.S. Army to deliver its disclosure spray formulated for blister agents such as sulfur mustard.

Declaration by the High Representative Josep Borrell on behalf of the EU on the release of the first report of the OPCW Investigation and Identification Team

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Saturday, April 11, 2020
Law by country, Politics by country, Chemical warfare, Chemical Weapons Convention, Chemical weapon, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Khan Shaykhun chemical attack, Douma chemical attack

The European Union strongly condemns the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Arab Air Force as concluded by the report.

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  • The European Union strongly condemns the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Arab Air Force as concluded by the report.
  • Those identified responsible for the use of chemical weapons must be held accountable for these reprehensible acts.
  • The European Union is a steadfast supporter of the Chemical Weapons Convention, a key instrument of international arms control and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
  • We have full confidence in the objectivity, impartiality and independence of the Organisations Technical Secretariat and its Investigation and Identification Team.

U.S. Government Extends Bechtel Contract for Chemical Weapons Destruction

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Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Military installations, Military of the United States, Military industry, Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, Chemical warfare, Weapons of mass destruction, Pueblo Chemical Depot, ACWA, Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, Chemical weapon

"The team overcame the challenge posed by some munitions and is now simultaneously operating the main plant and building the new destruction facilities."

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  • "The team overcame the challenge posed by some munitions and is now simultaneously operating the main plant and building the new destruction facilities."
  • "This puts us in a good position to complete the mission of the safe destruction of the chemical weapons stockpile stored at Pueblo Chemical Depot by December 2023 and the closure efforts that will follow."
  • The work is being conducted under a cost-plus award fee contract to the U.S. Department of Defense Program Executive Office Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA).
  • Since the 1980s, Bechtel has had an active role in U.S. and international efforts to eliminate chemical weapons.

U.S. Army Awards $35.1 Million Contract to FLIR Systems for New Chemical Agent Disclosure Spray

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Monday, September 30, 2019
Other Defense, Contracts, Defense, Other Manufacturing, Engineering, Homeland security, Chemicals, Plastics, Manufacturing, Public policy, Government, Chemistry, Physical sciences, Natural sciences, Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, Chemical warfare, FLIR Systems, Nerve agent, Sarin, Sulfur, VX, Chemical weapon

FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced it has won an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract worth up to $35.1 million with the United States Army to deliver a new version of the companys Agentase C2 chemical agent disclosure spray to detect sulfur mustard, a highly toxic chemical warfare agent.

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  • FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced it has won an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract worth up to $35.1 million with the United States Army to deliver a new version of the companys Agentase C2 chemical agent disclosure spray to detect sulfur mustard, a highly toxic chemical warfare agent.
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    FLIRs Agentase C2 spray quickly changes color on a surface if a chemical warfare agent is present.
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    FLIR Agentase C2 spray quickly changes color on a surface if a chemical warfare agent is present.
  • FLIR already is engaged on a $30 million contract to deliver its disclosure spray formulated for nerve agents such as VX and sarin.

Leidos Awarded Contract to Help Eliminate Chemical Weapon Stockpiles

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Thursday, November 29, 2018
Chemistry, Chemical warfare, Weapons of mass destruction, Pueblo Chemical Depot, Blue Grass Army Depot, Leidos, Chemical weapon, Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, Destruction of chemical weapons

The contract supports the Program Executive Office for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, which is responsible for the safe and environmentally sound destruction of the nation's remaining chemical weapons stockpiles at the Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colo. and Blue Grass Army Depot, Ky.

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  • The contract supports the Program Executive Office for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, which is responsible for the safe and environmentally sound destruction of the nation's remaining chemical weapons stockpiles at the Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colo. and Blue Grass Army Depot, Ky.
  • The Leidos team will deliver services for the systemization, operation, and closure of these demilitarization facilities.
  • Leidos has supported this mission for more than 25 years, during which chemical weapons were successfully eliminated at several sites across the country while protecting the public, workers, and environment.
  • Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $10.17 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2017.