X-ray backscatter imaging is increasingly used in combat zones to identify the presence of explosives and weapons. However, advanced systems enabled by artificial intelligence and robotics are now opening the door to more sophisticated applications. Chris Froud In the past, UAVs or drones with sensors and detectors on board have been used ...
DASA has released a call for new ideas to tackle the threat of homemade bombs. The new competition from DASA, Invisible Shield, is looking for new ways to improve defence capability against homemade bombs made from household items. Invisible Shield: Countering IEDs by novel technology and techniques seeks innovative proposals to ...
Royal Navy bomb disposal experts have been called to Portsmouth Harbour this morning, where a Second World War bomb has been found. The device was found in the early hours of this morning in the excavator head of one of the barges dredging the harbour. The harbour is currently being dredged as ...
Work has recently been undertaken by a team from 33 Engineer Regiment to find and destroy unexploded WWII munitions on the Solomon Islands. As part of Operation Render Safe more than 800kg of unexploded munitions have been destroyed by the team, who are normally based at Carver Barracks in Saffron Walden, ...