CBRNE
Department of Homeland Security Highlights Achievements in Federal CBRNe Defense
January 06 by Christopher DauerThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently released a report highlighting federal achievements in countering the threat of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats in 2011. Am...
BARDA Releases Five-Year Plan to Combat CBRN Threats
December 15 by Christopher DauerThe U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research Development Authority (BARDA) has released a five-year strategic plan that, among other forecasts, anticipates there will be a number of new projects to combat...
CBRNe Solutions for the Warfighter and Homeland
December 05 by Christopher DauerRandolph Laye is the Deputy Director, Engineering Directorate, for the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, RDECOM. The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) is a research and develo...
Increased Global Coordination Key to CBRN Threat, UN Says
November 17 by Christopher DauerThe world needs to enhance its capacity to prevent and respond to the threat of terrorism using chemical or biological weapons, with currently no single agency with overall responsibility for that t...
Joint Vaccine Acquisition Program Countering Emerging Threats Against the U.S.
November 01 by Christopher DauerBiological warfare has long been an active potential threat against U.S. forces internationally. After the first Gulf War, for example, it became known that the Iraqis had filled 100 R-400 bombs w...
Los Alamos Laboratory CBRNE Update with Dr. Cathy Cleland
February 02 by IDGA EditorDr. Cathy Cleland, Deputy Program Directory and Program Manager for Warfighter Support Programs at Los Alamos, discusses the latest in CBRNE issues. She details biological threats and how for many...
CBRNE Threats and Protection
December 22 by IDGA EditorThe threats states face have changed almost beyond recognition in the past couple of decades. International on-state actors using unconventional weapons of mass destruction now present the bigges...